This installation explores the boundary between private and public spaces. It features a large world map with small screens showing live streams from indoor spaces in locations across the globe. Connected by visible cables, the screens form a network that invites viewers to reflect on how watching and being watched shapes behavior. With nearly one billion CCTV cameras in operation globally, surveillance has become routine. This has effectively normalized a culture of observation that subtly alters how we act through the awareness that we are never fully alone.

Smile, youʼre on camera / Lucia Claus, Hani Elias - Photo: Lucia Claus, Hani Elias
Exhibit
Smile, youʼre on camera
Lucia Claus (GB), Hani Elias (GB)
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