Meaning of QR Code Tattoos

QR Code (Quick Response) means "quick response" and is a two-dimensional bar code, which today can be "read" by most camera phones. On reading the code, the image is converted into several possibilities: business card, web address, video link, e-mail, mobile number, location, bill payment, etc. Its use is free of any license, so anyone can use it.

Meaning of QR Code Tattoos

See the main associations:

  • Singularity
  • Individuality
  • Product
  • Value
  • Objectification 
  • Protest
  • Consumerism

The QR Code tattoo represents individuality of the human beingas the code is associated with a result unique and unmodifiable. On the contrary, it can also mean a rejection of the fact that there is a culture of the man without personality, where everyone wears the same clothes, listens to the same music, takes the same pictures?

Another meaning used, in a more ironic tone, is objectification of the human beingas a product. Already in a tone of protestIt is a symbol against capitalism, consumerism, and the great concern with making money while dispensing with any human value.

One caveat before tattooing the QR Code is to test it on a piece of paper first to avoid problems. Preferably it should be done on a flatter spot and large enough for all its details.

 

See some pictures of CR Code tattoos

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