
On the Outside: Conversation with the Authority
2 channels video (2007) : 30 mins
Because of the threat of terrorism, airport security and their restriction have escalated to a high level. To prevent and eliminate terrorist attacks, the custom and security officers are fully authorised to question, inspect and detain whoever they suspect to be harmful to national security.
Trapped in our own fear of terror, the anticipation blinds us to comply with this ludicrous affair. In the world we are eager for equality, how does this security restriction make discrimination justified?
‘Conversation with the Authority’ is a collection of video clips from my camera which is barely functioned. With the random interaction, sometimes I could get it back to work in a short while but then turns to be broken, again. This unpredictable result is similar to any other confrontation we mostly have with custom and security officers at the airport – rationale is not a subject to understand.
Hoping to find the ‘right’ action in order to turn the camera back to work, I applied random interactions with it. This video is a metaphor of me having a conversation with the authority which brings an erratic and surprising result. Every time the situation is getting comprehensible, you will lose your nerve to the irritated sound (Click here to see the video).