THE TRACKING DOTS PROJECT
2021
dataset (books)

book cover (Xerox WorkCentre 7556 printouts)

Most of the Color Laser Printer Technology encodes the serial number and the manufacturing code of the printer or copy machine on every document these machines produce.
These hidden markings (called Tracking Dots or Yellow Dots or Machine Identification Codes) jeopardise the free and self-determined use of the technology.
The Tracking Dots Project is a forensic investigation with artistic means.