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Mariel García-Montes
@marielgm@mastodon.mit.edu  ·  activity timestamp last month

As is the case with every city hosting an international sporting event, Mexico City has now announced a shiny new mass surveillance project in time for next year's World Cup: "Ojos que te cuidan," "Eyes that care for you."

Just in case the name itself weren't panoptic enough, the coverage, the #CCTV photos!!!! by this sports tabloid are… is it in bad taste to say, chef's kiss*?

* for someone writing a dissertation/book on #surveillance in #Mexico

https://www.record.com.mx/contra/cdmx-tendra-mas-camaras-de-videovigilancia-que-nueva-york-o-rio-de-janeiro-conocelas

An image from a Mexico City press conference, where mayor Clara Brugada, all smiles, points to a colorful CCTV post, herself and her colleagues surrounded by dozens of CCTV cameras.
An image from a Mexico City press conference, where mayor Clara Brugada, all smiles, points to a colorful CCTV post, herself and her colleagues surrounded by dozens of CCTV cameras.
An image from a Mexico City press conference, where mayor Clara Brugada, all smiles, points to a colorful CCTV post, herself and her colleagues surrounded by dozens of CCTV cameras.
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Mariel García-Montes
@marielgm@mastodon.mit.edu replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

This is 100% real, not fake: they are calling the camera posts 'totem poles.' The new #CDMX surveillance aesthetic is, yes, fucsia/Mexican pink, with… axolotl

Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada points to a CCTV camera post decorated in bright colors and Mexican motifs, including an axolotl
Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada points to a CCTV camera post decorated in bright colors and Mexican motifs, including an axolotl
Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada points to a CCTV camera post decorated in bright colors and Mexican motifs, including an axolotl
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