Joslyn Lundie

The wall-based installation - constructed of 22 glass panels and photographic baggage scans from airport security, directs viewers to a deeper understanding of current control societies based on the writings of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Each glass panel has been assigned 1 red box, representing an Explosive detection system (EDS) flagged area. Thus creating an EDS mapped language system, allowing the viewer to translate the censored message installed on the gallery wall, by following a provided key. In a controlled society; humans are no longer individuals requiring discipline, but rather, dividual sources of information traced and amalgamated by technological ability and surveillance. This work explores controlled environments today that normalise the exposure of one’s belongings and identity, moving from conventional speech to machine-based learning. EDS technology processes and identifies when density thresholds of baggage are surpassed, implementing limitations and invading the privacy of passengers; whilst dictating the tasks that security staff must carry out to search flagged areas of luggage. The exercise of revealing the concealed message within the gallery space, draws attention to the confinements of regulation experienced by individuals, imposing a mechanistic dividual agenda that must be adhered to when exposing the hidden text.