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Dark, dystopian art depicts people moving on a conveyor belt into a monolithic building, transforming into barcoded ID cards.

Dark, dystopian art depicts people moving on a conveyor belt into a monolithic building, transforming into barcoded ID cards.

A surreal, dystopian scene showing a line of human figures being moved through a giant industrial machine shaped like a government building. As they pass through, they emerge as identical barcoded forms or ID cards, stripped of individuality. The setting is cold, bureaucratic, and metallic — evoking control, efficiency, and dehumanization. The atmosphere feels sterile and lifeless, with subtle hints of data streams or conveyor belts replacing the warmth of human connection. Lighting is stark and mechanical, symbolizing how “streamlining” turns people into processed units, not represented citizens. See more