QR Photobooth is an interactive media piece that turns visitors into encoded self-portraits through real-time video, face tracking, and dynamic prompts. The browser-based photobooth invites participants to perform for the interface as their live image and words are recomposed into fully functioning QR codes, each one uniquely colored by the participant’s camera feed and rendering identity as both body and data. Developed by Cathy Le, the work reflects on how everyday vision systems register and classify human presence, compressing complex selves into compact, scannable labels.

First shown as a work in progress at the Museum of Human Achievement during the Austin Studio Tour on Nov 8-9 and 15-16, 2025, the installation engaged over 1,500 participants, and documentation of these interactions will appear on a separate page.