Dataveillence T (2017) a mass-produced, grey, long-sleeve men's t-shirt (size medium) with custom screen-prints on the front and back. It was shown in At a Distance, Shift Space Gallery at Wichita State University College of Fine Arts (Wichita Kansas, KA) and curated by Jesse Allen, Conan Y. Fugit, and A. P. Vague.
On the front, the t-shirt sports a minimalist graphic of a lighthouse, a beacon of hope for sea travelers, and a symbol of the expanse of surveillance. The graphic is surrounded by text that reads: "Infrastructures of Dataveillance @Watch."
Like many graphic tees, the Dataveillance T communicates a message: Beware of data surveillance.The back of the shirt lists popular consumer products that conduct such surveillance.
In case you didn’t know, the grey crew neck shirt happens to be the "It item" of 2017, according to Refinery29 style editor Alyssa Coscarelli. Regardless, as a whole, the piece highlights the irony as well as the seductive power of consumer culture.