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Surveillance Sung Min Choi

Vini Vidi Vici This newspaper project addresses territory-controlling function of news by re-reporting the places reported in a local newspaper (no.1 & no.2), or infiltrating the headquarters of the local press itself (no.3).

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A Man with a Remote Control A diagram of the potential power of a common remote control.

Have a Nice Day A short video without motion or image: all you see are instructions that transform the TV itself into a remote control.

Flow: Out of Control Someday, all the communication and security systems will break down, and all the flows will start to leak, creating an amusing pandemonium.

Watch Yourself A guide for survival in the surveillance society.

Anaesthesia I can see, I can see not.

Type Test Pattern Typeface specimen posters that reveal the making and testing process of the type itself.

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Base A collection of photographs taken in the basements of buildings in New Haven. The book conveys the darkness, fear, anxiety, and naked functionality that are embedded in common underground spaces.

Mirror Being watched has become a mode of self-expression - are we becoming addicted to exposing ourselves? A collaboration with Allan Espiritu and Kenneth Kim.

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Here Or Now A fake CCTV surveillance monitor screen composed of pre-recorded footage of a building and a real-time digital clock. Thanks, Ken.

Interaction Fatigue An on-screen persona suffers from the pressure of ceaseless interaction and prompt response.

Specter A "fugitive magazine" never to be printed. Each issue is devoted to the modern, technological ghosts that are hovering over the edges of our perception, including Stealth bombers, suspect composites, bacteria, and electronic networks.

Let There Be Light & Security! Website with various projects and insecure documents.

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