Opticon: Surveillance Series 2021PVC vinyl, air, vinyl paint
29" diameterStaring down from the top of the flagpole that is STNDRD Gallery, a giant, spherical, all-seeing eye suggests that surveillance invades our privacy in virtually every way. Overlooking the G-CADD arts district of downtown Granite City, and the infinite horizon beyond, this orb personifies the powerful proliferation of surveillance today. Surveillance provides an endless loop of doubtful examination that ultimately reveals critical threats to freedom, civil liberty and identity privacy.