FYI FBI: Hasan Elahi

“In 2002, when artist Hasan Elahi was returning to the US after an exhibition overseas, he was met and questioned by the FBI. Hasan had accidentally ended up on a watch list, and it took months of interviews and polygraph tests to prove that he wasn’t a threat to national security. Since then, Hasan has had to keep his local FBI field office informed of his movements… so he decided to share that data with everyone, via a website that details exactly where he is (with pictures) at any point in time. Join us for a talk on what happens when you decide to waive privacy completely.”

see his work on tracking transience @ http://elahi.umd.edu/

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