Elizabeth Duffy

Elizabeth Duffy

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Maximum Security: Panopticon Quilt
2018
shirts, calico, fabric printed with government and corporate surveillance patterns, surveillance cameras
83 x 65 inches

This homely quilt is made up of a series of circular appliquéd forms on a calico field, each with a central surveillance camera that watches the observer. The inclusion of surveillance cameras in what we think of as protected space suggests the insidious omnipresence of surveillance, and its ability to instill paranoia, unease and behavior regulation. I want to draw the viewer into a familiar space that then exposes contradictions and gives clues about how our culture is at risk.


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