THERE IS NO AUTHORITY
A backdrop by anarchist punk band Crass is made
into a wool rug which covers the floor of the gallery,
forcing the audience to walk across it. A concealed
camera takes an image every time someone steps
on the rug and sends it to a monitor at the far end
of the gallery. With a delay between capture and
display the audience see their own image on top of
the large-scale woven text.

Crass stage backdrops.
Circa 1980

 

THERE IS NO AUTHORITY, 2012
Wool rug, camera, monitor
925 × 1204 cm