Description: An exploration of how Canadian artists and curators critically engage with surveillance technologies, policies, and ideologies - situating their practice within a continuum of colonial land control, population management, and the regulation of mobility.
Brief description: Susan Cahill is associate professor of art history at the University of Calgary.
Review Quotes: "Cahill draws upon years of curatorial experience to convey the nuance and complexity of art projects while weaving together work from many different disciplines and traditions. States of Observance is incredibly rich and compelling: accessible scholarship that does not compromise on detail, theory, or analysis." Torin Monahan, author of Crisis Vision: Race and the Cultural Production of Surveillance