Trace Grocery Purchases
Your personal food system. Mapped.
If your grocery store is part of the TRACEPRODUCT.INFO network, enter the code from your receipt *TRACEPRODUCT.INFO is a prototype for an in-store, retail-wide system for displaying information on grocery product backgrounds at point-of-sale.
TRACEPRODUCT.INFO aims to visualize the narratives behind the seemingly ubiquitous everyday objects that we interact with as consumers; focusing on the ways in which these products connect us to the larger world.
By bringing the attention of the shopper to the detailed and factual backgrounds of their everyday choices, TRACEPRODUCT.INFO seeks to inspire people to understand more about how their individual purchases impact global environment and society.
This system envisions a future scenario of traceability of grocery products.
At this point in time, the information to support this sort of system does not exist in a singular
location (from which to pull updated information).
But it is our belief that systems will soon be developed on a national-level to support such interaction.
To convey the concept of what such interaction could be like once such information is more readily available,
this system is populated with a set of example coordinates.
The 'Latest News' ticker is pulled directly from current news results in Google News.
Information in 'Explore Global Stats' is pulled from CIA - The World Factbook
This project was created as a prototype by Arlene Birt
through a Northern Lights Foundation Art(ists) on the Verge 2010 Fellowship.
Thanks to Rajeev Cyrus for the programming, and to The Wedge Co-op for their support.
The code you've entered was not found in our database of receipts. Please double check the code.
Note that the code will only appear if your grocery store utilizes the TRACEPRODUCT.INFO network.
Note that the code will only appear if your grocery store utilizes the TRACEPRODUCT.INFO network.