Ars Electronica Festival · 2006
Tracking Transience
by Hasan Elahi
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2006
“Tracking Transience” by Hasan Elahi received a Honorary Mention in the Net Based Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2006.
From June to November of 2002, I was the subject of a FBI investigation as a terrorist suspect. I was reported to the police as “an Arab that had explosives who fled on September 12”. As I returned to the US on June 19, I was met at the airport by an FBI agent who rigorously interrogated me regarding my whereabouts…
About Hasan Elahi
Hasan M. Elahi (US), born in1972 in Bangladesh, is an interdisciplinary artist with an emphasis on technology and media and their social implications. His research interests include issues of surveillance, simulated time, transport systems, and borders and…
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