Cell phone numbers, credit card numbers, student numbers, social security numbers.

It's easy to see in today's world how people can just feel like one big number.

What's Your Number?, an art exhibit by Clifford Lamoree and Genevieve Dorang, is now open to the public at the HUB-Robeson Gallery.

Although the two artists had similar visions, they created very different works.

"These two artists worked independently and came to similar conclusions on barcodes and numbers," Lauren Chyle, HUB-Robeson Galleries publicist, said. "We saw [both of] their works and decided to put it together."

Dorang created the exhibit because she said she felt Americans were losing their identities.

"I wanted to express an idea about the loss of identity, and it came to me when I was going to the supermarket, because every fruit has a number -- a banana [is rung up as] 4011 all over the world. It is global," Dorang said.

Both exhibits reflect the artists' views.

"Basically, the exhibits are the artists' statements on where technology and the barcode is taking us," Chyle said.

Because of Hurricane Katrina, Lamoree could not be reached to personally comment on his exhibit. However, according to a press release, Lamoree also said he felt that the world itself was losing its identity.

"Since the advent of industrialization, society has been, little by little, losing its identity," Lamoree said. "The world around us moves too quickly."

Furthermore, Dorang said one of her main goals is to make people aware of their loss of privacy.

"I want people to realize and think about the way we are losing our identity," she said. "We are losing our freedom also because all the time, we are being watched by something, and we are not alone anymore."

Dorang also said she feels that many common places use numbers over names.

"Everybody just wants to know your number," Dorang said. "At the bank, all they want is your [personal identification] number, not your name."

In the press release, Lamoree said technology has improved tremendously.

"Civilization has come a long way, from living in caves to walking on the moon," Lamoree said. "Maybe we should slow down. We may not like where we are headed."

Since barcodes are a prominent image in technology today, it may not be surprising that they dominate the exhibit.

"My favorite part of the exhibit was working with the barcode itself and especially the flag," Dorang said. "I took [each] barcode as a symbol, and then I transformed it so that each barcode has its own identity."

Dorang said she has worked on the display for seven years, with some interruptions.

This is just one of the first exhibits on display this semester at the HUB-Robeson Gallery. There is no theme or pattern dictating which exhibits are displayed.

"It's just the way the schedule fell," Chyle said. "The next exhibit is from a professor in the art department."