Please No Photos

As part of the 8th annual street festival Art In Odd Places I walked along 14th Street in New York City holding an enlarged seven-foot “no photos” symbol that implies a prohibition on photography and questions the constant surveillance of public spaces.

I invited pedestrians to have their photo taken with the sculpture, thereby subverting the act the sculpture denies.

A key part of the performance was interaction and discussion with people on the street. Anyone I spoke to was given a button with the same icon making the work not just about public space but the body.