SWANN, David
(2016).
Safe and sound : protection and surveillance in 21st century.
[Show/Exhibition]
Press Release (4MB) |
Creators: | SWANN, David |
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Abstract: | Today's society is full of instructions and mandatory actions relating to safety or the anticipation of danger. Countless security instructions detail procedures to avoid any risk in the public space while double door entrances control access to a growing number of places. Our faces, bodies, fingerprints and pupils are repeatedly scanned. Western society is moving towards ultra-security, towards a refusal of the unexpected and an absolute desire for anticipation. The Safe and sound exhibition addresses this phenomenon through design, objects from everyday life, photography and contemporary art in four themes: security, fear, protection and surveillance. Mixing objects that meet a specific need for protection and the points of view of designers and artists, more critical and distanced but not devoid of humour, Safe and sound provides an exciting insight into this facet of our society. The exhibition features three design exhibits from Dr David Swann: ABC syringe, Ebola Bleach Dilution Gauge and the LifeHacket Trio. |
Official URL: | http://www.mudac.ch/exhibitions/currently-showing/... |
Item Type: | Show/Exhibition |
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Cultural Communication and Computing Research Institute > Art and Design Research Centre |
Date: | 23 March 2016 |
Funders: | Fondation Engelberts pour les Arts et la Culture, Ernst Hohner Stiftung, Fondation Lennaards, Sandoz Fondation De Famille, Loterie Romande, Society Academique Vaudoise |
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Event Location: | mudac – musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains Place de la Cathédrale 6 CH-1005 Lausanne |
ID Code: | 12395 |
Deposited By: | David Swann |
Deposited On: | 14 Jun 2016 08:58 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 22:45 |
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