Security Theatre: The White Picket Fence
Published in On/Journal, Issue 3.
A theatre script composed primarily of stage cues, reveals TSA's cloaked bureaucracy. TSA staff are forced to improvise when their own cultural predispositions clash with regulation's rejection of a White Picket Fence. Set on a loop as security is heightened ad infinitum every time a new suspect object is discovered.
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Act I
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Act II
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Act III & IV
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Security Theatre Set
Steel, plastic container, vinyl, tape transparent sheet, acrylic
A set is created in accordance with the official TSA Design Guidelines. The transparent partition reveals an analysis of the geometry of a white picket fence, its form conflicting with TSA regulations.
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Security Theatre Set (Detail)
Steel, plastic container, vinyl, tape transparent sheet, acrylic. A transparent partition reveals the analysis of the geometry of the white picket fence, unable to determine if the object is a potential threat.
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Security Theatre Set
Steel, plastic container, vinyl, tape transparent sheet, acrylic. “Landside” is noted equating with the spatial “Stage Left” of a theatre stage.
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Security Theatre Set
Steel, plastic container, vinyl, tape transparent sheet, acrylic. “Airside” is noted equating with the spatial “Stage Right” of a theatre stage.
Published in On/Journal, Issue 3.
A theatre script composed primarily of stage cues, reveals TSA's cloaked bureaucracy. TSA staff are forced to improvise when their own cultural predispositions clash with regulation's rejection of a White Picket Fence. Set on a loop as security is heightened ad infinitum every time a new suspect object is discovered.
Act I
Act II
Act III & IV
Security Theatre Set
Steel, plastic container, vinyl, tape transparent sheet, acrylic
A set is created in accordance with the official TSA Design Guidelines. The transparent partition reveals an analysis of the geometry of a white picket fence, its form conflicting with TSA regulations.
Security Theatre Set (Detail)
Steel, plastic container, vinyl, tape transparent sheet, acrylic. A transparent partition reveals the analysis of the geometry of the white picket fence, unable to determine if the object is a potential threat.
Security Theatre Set
Steel, plastic container, vinyl, tape transparent sheet, acrylic. “Landside” is noted equating with the spatial “Stage Left” of a theatre stage.
Security Theatre Set
Steel, plastic container, vinyl, tape transparent sheet, acrylic. “Airside” is noted equating with the spatial “Stage Right” of a theatre stage.