There is an element of the artistic in everything around us these days and sometimes the art extends to objects and phenomena that we are wary of. If you don’t believe this, pay a visit to Dubai’s East Wing gallery on March 12, the day that the Surveillance. 02 exhibition opens.
As The National has reported, it offers a fresh perspective on how we are all spied upon – by CCTV, satellites, drones. Some of the works take imagery from surveillance cameras; others use drone footage. Jenny Odell's Land Marks manipulates satellite images of mining and waste storage sites to reveal the extent of environmental damage. Award-winning photographer Tomas van Houtryve uses footage of America to make a political point about drone warfare. The exhibition supposedly explores the "tangles of freedom and security". Like it or not, everyone is a model now.