Privacy is a Luxury

A critique of how privacy is no longer a right but a luxury, this sculpture reconfigures the iconic protest mask into a shrine of monetized privacy[ A gold Guy Fawkes mask. Attached to the mask's forehead, a mounted ATM/POS terminal with a keypad and card reader symbolizes the monetization of privacy, displaying fake transactions, subscription plans, and randomized IP addresses. Behind the mask, two Ubiquiti UniFi Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E routers extend their four antennas like a cybernetic exoskeleton, their LED lights glowing, highlighting the paradox of corporate-controlled anonymity. The sterile white backdrop and dramatic lighting cast sharp shadows, emphasizing the fusion of surveillance, commerce, and digital resistance in the modern age.