BT-A
2019
1. ‘In a curious world of systems’
BT-A is an arbitrary, almost nonsensical system of bread tags. Like a neglected bread tag, the countless systems users enter seem mundane and insignificant. BT-A reduces the identities of its participants to bread tags. Through juxtaposing the bodily and the edible, BT-A is an uneasy reminder of how these overlooked systems are more intimately connected to
us than they may seem.
How it works
The date on a bread tag is matched to a user’s birth date. The string of numbers and letters on the bread tag becomes their ‘identification number’. The user is led through a biometric process which involves completing an identification form and recording their fingerprint.
A strand of their hair is wrapped around the bread tag and with the form and tag assembled together—the user has officially entered the system. (Names are redacted for privacy reasons)
How it works
The date on a bread tag is matched to a user’s birth date. The string of numbers and letters on the bread tag becomes their ‘identification number’. The user is led through a biometric process which involves completing an identification form and recording their fingerprint.
A strand of their hair is wrapped around the bread tag and with the form and tag assembled together—the user has officially entered the system. (Names are redacted for privacy reasons)
