Hasan M. Elahi
Hasan M. Elahi
Hasan M. Elahiis a Bangladeshi-born American interdisciplinary media artist with an emphasis on technology and media and their social implications. His research interests include issues of surveillance, sousveillance, simulated time, transport systems, and borders and frontiers...
NationalityBangladeshi
ProfessionArtist
CountryBangladesh
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You hear these horrible stories about the FBI just doing all these nasty things to people. And you know what? In my case, I didn't experience any of that, probably because the way I treated them. I was like, 'Okay, what do you want to know?' So I kept going back to their offices on a regular basis.
medium people work
I'm an artist. And usually when I tell people I'm an artist, they just look at me and say, 'Do you paint?' or 'What kind of medium do you work in?'
manage online students time
How do you manage your online identity? It's something I talk about with my students all the time.
access agencies information operate restricted
Information agencies operate in an industry that values data. Restricted access to information is what makes it valuable.
million offer people
If 300 million people were to offer up the details of their private lives, you would need to hire another 300 million people just to keep up.
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I'm convinced that if we don't define ourselves, other people will do it for us, and inaccurately.
despite information life publicly
Despite the barrage of information about me that is publicly available, I live a surprisingly private and anonymous life.
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We're all creating an archive of our own lives, whether we're aware of it or not.
god ingrained original
The concept of surveillance is ingrained in our beings. God was the original surveillance camera.
government
It's really weird watching the government watch me.
incredibly
It's incredibly disturbing when a country, particularly your own country, uses discrimination as a basis for an investigation.
accepted change fact meet
I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's okay. You can't control that. You can't change that.
You can accuse me of being a terror suspect, but I can prove to you that I'm not.
Big Brother doesn't like all these Little Brothers looking at it.