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Palm Springs, California: Barcode Babies (Gone)

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Directions:
West edge of the city, across the street from the Palm Springs Art Museum. In a sandpit just north of W. Tahquitz Canyon Way, between N. Museum Drive and Belardo Rd.
Hours:
Removed in May 2023.
Status:
Gone

Big Babies with Barcode Faces.

Barcode Babies

Ten coal-black human babies, each eight feet high, are posed as if crawling around in a dug-out sandpit. They have punched-in bar codes for faces. It's art.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [07/06/2018]

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Big Babies with Barcode Faces

Big Babies with Barcode Faces

The sandpit keeps the barcode babies separated from intimate selfies. There's another installation of these baby statues in the Czech Republic city of Prague, by the same artist, David Cerny.

[Jay Kirby, 04/11/2022]

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