On the way to New York
Surveillance, automation, observation, and security
(Even the paper towel dispenser was equipped with a computer vision system)
finding hidden cameras (Columbia University exit)
Natural light:
Off-axis electronic flash light (with dustbox):
Typical corner store in New York
Surveillance camera with "quad" "4up" (space-division multiplexer)
REMOTE lounge
Equiveillance through people-watching-people:
Coveillance cameras at every seating position are crosslinked so
that patrons can watch each other, and there is also a phone so you can
call someone you see at another table...
(Daniel Chen places a call to someone he sees on screen...)
P.S.1 MoMA, getting my official sticker...
P.S.1 MoMA, MoMEAT
I've got my sticker on!
You need to wear a sticker to get into the part of the museum where they
sell drinks.
I later went inside and bought a birch beer
while wearing the sticker directly on my flesh, rather than on my
non-existent shirt.
I wasn't sure if they'd tell me "this museum is not a beach",
but they had no problem with it.
Usually the sticker goes on one's clothing, but in this case of
direct-body attachment, could we say that "THIS BEACH IS NOT A MUSEUM"?
P.S.1 MoMA exhibit
Reversalism: the body of the attendee becomes the object on exhibit
in the museum...
Ironically, it was only outside while playing
on the "beach" in the way that the artists had intended,
that they had a problem with us wandering around in our swimsuits.
One of the thugs, hassling us, awaits orders from higher authority:
By using the exhibit the way it was intended to be used, we created quite a
spectacle:
Just for fun, we asked various of the visitors if they brought their
bathing suits to try the exhibit. They all thought it was for display
only. None of them seemed to realize that the waterplay
exhibit was for, or could be used for, waterplay.
But we finally got some other people to try it...
Open concept changeroom
with zero privacy:
Brooklyn Museum
Someone at MoMA told us about the wonderful fountains in front of the
Brooklyn Museum. He said the fountains were a favorite of children
[of all ages, I presume!]
TENTH STREET BATHS, preliminary visit (to see what it's like)
TENTH STREET BATHS, visiting as bathers
safe deposit box for valuables:
Returning home from New York:
The same safety, security, and
automated computer-vision-enabled
hygiene we found on the way here...