6 Rivane Neuenschwander: The Conversation

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Inspired by the 1974 film by Francis Ford Coppola of the same name, this installation is an exploration of surveillance techniques and the paranoia they engender. To create this work, a series of covert listening devices were professionally installed under the wallpaper and beneath the carpeting. The artist and her team then went through the space, ripping it apart in an effort to locate the devices. The sound of this process of discovery and destruction was recorded by the bugs and now plays over the small speakers visible in the disrupted space.