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...