Life’s gonna drop you down like the limbs of a tree. It sways and it swings and it bends until it makes you see.
The New Aesthetic reeks of power relations. Drones, surveillance, media, networks, digital photography, algorithms. (…)
The ability to watch someone is a form of power. It controls the flow of information. “I know everything about you, but you know nothing about me.” Or, “I know everything about you, and all you can do is make art about the means by which I know things.” (…)
Someone is always watching. Someone has always been watching. If you’re a woman, you’ve probably known that your whole life.
{ Madeline Ashby | Continue reading | via Marginal Utility }