Zones
Inkjet prints, 100 x 134 cm, 2002-03
In this pixellated zone, the traveller is defined, practically, by a 'smart' luggage trolley hired with a credit card; graphically, by barcodes attached to luggage; vocally, by computer-generated flight announcements; and numerically, by the four-digit PIN which, as the moment of flight approaches, is overlaid by smaller ones, often attached to a letter. So finally, as the hub spins passengers deeper into airspace, the only version they have of themselves is a seat number in an aluminum tube. (David Pascoe)
