QCHQD - sand sculpture

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Don't even ask me what the title means. I can't remember. I write these posts in the throws of a midlife crisis and you should be happy that I can remember anything at all about my past works. I do recall, however, what it was about. It was about the ever-increasing surveillance state. So the title was probably some sort of acronym for a made-up agency I can't remember now. Maybe someone can work it out in down in the comments.

The watchers

Like most things that start as conspiracy theories, it turned out to be very close to reality. We are being watched. Snowden pretty much proved that. They are sucking up all the data they can on us and will have it on tap so they can one day use it against us. The tinfoil hat-wearing brigade was right all along and now that we see what was going on pre-Elon on Twitter as I am sure with all other websites we should have really been listening to the nut jobs. One thing I find really fascinating is that even when the truth does come out nobody really cares as they call it a nothing burger. We seem like boiling frogs steeping in our own juices.

We are being watched and tracked at all times and although we may not be persons of interest at the moment our whole lives are being documented and cross-referenced without our consent. This data exists, get used to it. Possibly in the future, it will be used to turn us all the Solent Green. So we should really care.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Although I am not arrogant enough to believe I am their top concern at the moment, it pisses me off that I have a voyeur and one I can't call the cops on. I like being a nobody. I like blending in and it annoys me that there are cameras everywhere watching my every move and click. I know that there are people on Hive that cherish their anonymity and I am impressed that they stay in the shadows. For me, I post about my work, which is quite a big identifier of who I am but having the Five eyes building a profile of who they think I really am is very invasive.



This piece is about that all-seeing eye and was made at the Weston Supermare Sand festival in England. It was made as a photo opportunity for the visitors, the irony being that as they post their selfies to The Facebook or Twitter that it for sure gets filed away by the dragnet. One day, when I find myself on a rendition flight to Gitmo they may be right there alongside me for being a part of my support network. You will too when you Vote on this post or leave a comment. I warned you!



Eyes within eyes

With all this talk of AI and the excellent work by people like Open.ai etc, I am sure these models will be trained on the data they gather and it will spit out names of those to keep an eye on or be rounded up for a cull. We are witnessing the creation of our own prison and have near apathy towards it.



{Pictured Fellow Sculptor Eda Kaytan}

What the hell am I talking about

As with my writing, this sculpture is not an answer to anything. Rather a way for me to express an idea that was floating around my head and start the conversation. It is just a sketch of an idea with no definite revelation or conclusion. Sometimes it is nice to make an idea in your head tangible to see if it makes sense. In this case, maybe not.



Here is the sketch I sent for my form plan and to give the organisers some sort of idea of what I'd make. I have said many times I don't like to send sketches as I am never really sure what I will make till I start. The sand in Weston that year was full of shells and rocks and not the nicest to carve. I probably would have had a better time making something if I could work on the fly and change my idea to suit the situation but with this sketch, I was pretty much locked in.

I like it for what it was although it maybe had as many people confused as my last piece did. I think this one I made in Switzerland along a similar theme with Alan Magee read a bit better.




Ps

Thanks for reading. I use PeakD to document my work as an ephemeral Sculptor of sand, snow and ice, amongst other things. This will hopefully give it a new life on the Hive Blockchain. Below you will find some of my recent posts.

Suits - sand sculpture

American Sports - sand sculpture

The best place for love - stage set

I hope you'll join me again soon
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I am also starting to create NFTs of my sculptures and welcome you to my gallery where you can own a bit of ephemeral sculpture history.

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Eye eye captain.

An amazing piece of art bro, congratulations , thank for sharing it with us (and all data suckers checking this LOL)

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Thank you very much. You are now complicit in this piece, see you in Gitmo.

All eyes on us indeed, I hear you.. I don't like that idea much either as I like to be the one giving permission to collect data. Yet, we get fed into all kinds of systems without us giving consent. I love the sand artwork though, it's very beautiful. Thank you for sharing your art and thoughts!

Thank you. The consent issues is definitely the biggest issue. I never agreed to this for of spying on my life. It erodes our most basic human right. I know people say that if you have nothing to hide you should be OK. But that data is not going anywhere and could be used to catch us on crimes that may be legal now but not in the future.

I honestly hate it when people say "if you don't have anything to hide, you don't have to worry" gets me fuming to be honest, lol. It's about the fact that they started with a finger and now taking hands .. The data gets fed into systems for AI indeed and most people didn't give permission afaik.

It is very worrying that AI will be trained on all this data and could become worse than Santa with its naughty and nice list.

Wow, that sand sculpture art is amazing! I love the intricate details and the creativity that went into it. It's so cool to see how something so simple can be transformed into something so beautiful

Thank you very much. As a material it has a lot of possibilities. You can work very fast and it is like sketching in 3D. It is also recyclable to another idea.

Thank you. I'm really excited to explore the possibilities of this material and see what I can come up with. I'm sure it will be a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to creating something unique. I hope you have an amazing week and a wonderful new year! Wishing you all the best for the upcoming year

wow! great creation! this is so beautiful