Live Arts Bard
Hasan Elahi: Retina
LAB Commission
April 27–30, 2017
Live Arts Bard
April 27–30, 2017
Hasan Elahi uses Google Street View imagery to interrogate and disorientate our relationship with natural and built environments. In this site-specific commission, Elahi alludes to the camera obscura, one of the oldest types of surveillance technology. His installation interrogates the state’s increasing reliance on public-private partnerships for purposes of surveillance.
Round-trip bus transportation available from New York City for $40 on April 29.
A round-trip Bard College shuttle is available from the Rhinecliff train station on April 30. Take Amtrak 281 from NYC, arriving at noon, and return at 9 pm via Amtrak 296. Call 845-758-7900 for reservations.