2020/10/02

Paolo Cirio’s New Online Artwork Cancelled by French Government for Reversing Asymmetry of Power

Artist and activist Paolo Cirio is forced to take down his latest online artwork Capture (2020) within a day of launch after France’s interior minister threatens legal action. A database of 4,000 headshots of French police officers Cirio gathered from photos of public protests, Capture aims to reverse the asymmetry of surveillance and profiling power. An installation version (image) is set to open at Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France, on Oct 15. The artwork is part of Cirio’s ongoing campaign to get facial recognition banned in Europe.

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