self-portrait v. 1.0
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MEDIUM: Self Portrait represented in binary shorthand (Hexadecimal code). 869 pages of Hexadecimal code representation of my digital self-portrait (1700 x 1276 pixels, expressed as a 4”x 6” 300 pdi jpeg format).
DESCRIPTION: As a human body has an underlying code, which we know as DNA, so has every digital image. But with digital imagery it goes even further; it is codeable and reproducible. If one would enter the code exactly into a Hexadecimal Editors and save the file in the right format it would reveal a digital picture, my self-portrait. Will it be possible in the future to enter someone's DNA and be able to produce an exact replica of a human being? A self-portrait in its truest form. What kind of machine language would it employ to get such results?