We Make Money Not Art

http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2007/05/while-i-was-in.php

Collective Intelligence  

The idea behind the show was to create a genuinely interactive experience where children could be a spy for a day. The journey takes them from a training area, where they must hone their skills before trying to infiltrate the mysterious OSTECK Corporation on an undercover mission, where they will spy - but also be spied on. It concludes with an escape from a high-tech surveillance area. To unite the exhibits in a compelling and convincing spy narrative, the museum worked with people from the Shunt Theater Collective, a Former M16 (the UK Secret Intelligence Service) officer, and sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow.
                     

The exhibition is not all about fun and gadgets, Luckybite developed a whole area of the exhibition around everyday interactions, which have been modified in novel ways to invite the public to take a critical stance and reflect upon the implications and ethics of spying and surveillance: should parents be able to track kids on their mobile phones? Is it okay that paparazzi snap celebrities on the beach? Surveillance cameras makes you feel secure but would you still welcome them if your boss had some installed in your office?

http://we-make-money-not-art.com/