And in investigating the cover - up, the Federal Bureau of Investigation found not only a blue wall of silence, but also a nasty departmental
culture, typified by retribution and
surveillance, with Mr. Burke
at its center.
Exposed, a new exhibit
at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on display through April 17, 2011, examines how voyeurism pervades our everyday life, focusing particular attention on 19th - and 20th - century photography, celebrity
culture and the growth of new
surveillance technologies.
We discuss, among other topics, about photography in the Middle East with Peggy Sue Amison, artistic director
at East Wing; net art and networked
cultures with Josephine Bosma, Amsterdam - based journalist and critic; urban digital art and criticality in the media city with curator and researcher Tanya Toft; art and technology with curator Chris Romero; the politics of
surveillance and international security with political scientist David Barnard - Wills; art and architecture with Maaike Lauwaert, visual arts curator
at Stroom, an independent centre for art and architecture in the Netherlands; the intersections of art, law and science with curator and cultural manager Daniela Silvestrin; the architecture of sacred places with curator Jumana Ghouth; the historical legacy of feminism today with Betty Tompkins and Marilyn Minter; hacktivism and net
culture with curator and researcher Tatiana Bazzichelli;
culture, place and memory with Norie Neumark, director of the Centre for Creative Arts in Melbourne; anthropology and the tactical use of post-digital technologies with artist and philosopher Mitra Azar; or feminism and the digital arts with curator Tina Sauerländer.
Artist Simon Denny will discuss hacking,
surveillance and power in a panel discussion,
Culture Hacking
at the RCA in London on January 28.