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u1f60c

U+1F60C is a rhythmic audio zine.

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atlantic
atlantic
u+1f60c

having a panic attack in a store, trying to calm the anger, it creeping back up until it can no longer be contained and having to leave the store, blaming everyone but myself, realizing the issue, taking a walk to lower my heart rate

u+1f60c is an experimental audio zine.

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Jazmine (JT) Green
a surveillance meditation
a surveillance meditation
U+1f60c

How we keep tabs on ourselves and others.

In October of 2019, I noticed the NYPD installed floodlights in my neighborhood. I noticed how the floodlights bled into the windows of neighbors, even as it was nearing bedtime. They had no say in the light and noise pollution of these machines.

I was curious about all the ways that surveillance manifests itself, and the residual effects of it. On a micro-level, I was thinking about how I surveill myself, framing my face in the phone camera and where that information is sent. On a macro-level, I wondered about how “public utilities” such as free WiFi hotspots––like LinkNYC––track and provide demographic data, perhaps leading to the installation of police floodlights.

The essay I read was a meditation on how I surveill and self-edit myself, and I was deeply interested in how that interacts with the frameworks of companies that depend on surveillance economics.

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Jazmine (JT) Green
ayesha
ayesha
u+1f60c

"When she was younger, 30-year-old Ayesha McGowan looked up to African-American sports heroes like Venus and Serena Williams, Florence Griffith Joyner and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. But she never saw female African-American cyclists."

Jazmine (JT) Green
matana
matana
u+1f60c

"COIN COIN explores how, when broken down into the most minute details, new meanings arise beyond the surface levels of one-dimensional human acceptance, generally attached to shades of difference, and fear of the unknown."

Jazmine (JT) Green
althea
althea
u+1f60c

"her accomplishments set the stage for my success, and through players like myself and Serena and many others to come, her legacy will live on"

Jazmine (JT) Green