While We are Waiting

The waiting line routines that have become common during COVID19 suggest a transparent experience where the control mechanisms are marked by their visibility and familiarity — we believe we can see how we are being seen. However, these crowd control precautions originate in state security protocols at borders and prisons, underwritten by security cameras, thermal cameras, x-ray machines, scanners and other apparatuses. Some of these apparatuses have been hacked to create an installation that turns visitors into both the observer and the observed, drawing attention to the mechanisms of surveillance that we are becoming oblivious to. Please go through the line in a calmly fashion and kindly keep your distance.