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here are a few…
finishing school : here is the Today It’s Voluntary website : this group created a performative installation that educated the public on how quickly “free” people would voluntarily waive privacy rights, releasing their personal information and allow unwarranted physical searches of person and property. All, in the name of “protecting freedom” in the “new normal” post-9/11 era. Also, their Bio-Tag project raises awareness of dangerous toxins present in the physical environment through the deployment of searchable word “markers” made from natural materials. Patriot Library is another.
institute for applied autonomy : this group, amongst other things, tracks commercial planes that take people the US Government want to torture abroad to torture them.
shop dropping : taking grocery items, relabeling them with photos, putting them back on the shelf.
julia scher and her Security by Julia series