Posted : 2021-07-12 09:02
Updated : 2021-07-12 14:50
"YOU:R:CODE" (2017) by Bernd Lintermann and Peter Weibel / Courtesy of ZKM Karlsruhe and Jonas Zilius
Visualized code reveals mountains of data behind our digitized daily lives
By Park Han-sol
In today's capitalist and industrial society, digital code consisting of 0s and 1s has largely been interpreted within the realm of technology and economy that remain behind the scenes. But although we do not witness this code directly, it makes up such a large part of our daily lives through computers, smartphones, surveillance cameras and even QR code-based entry logs that record our every movement.