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
access agencies information operate restricted
Information agencies operate in an industry that values data. Restricted access to information is what makes it valuable.
experience fbi horrible kept offices regular stories treated
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.
art next tech unlike
We don't know what the next generation of art is going to look like. We're kind of making it up as we go along. Not unlike the tech industry.
To this day, I get very nervous coming back into my own country.
people
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.
You can accuse me of being a terror suspect, but I can prove to you that I'm not.
whether
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.
Big Brother doesn't like all these Little Brothers looking at it.
incredibly
It's incredibly disturbing when a country, particularly your own country, uses discrimination as a basis for an investigation.