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    Webcamera Obscura

    A macbook with the webcamera obscura in the shape of a toilet is positioned on a table amidst DIY hacking equipment. On the screen, one can see only yellow, since the lid of the toilet is closed.

    3D printed masking device for laptop cameras, Additivist Cookbook, with Jasper Meiners, 2017

    The Webcamera Obscura is a simple tool that helps reclaim privacy within the age of mass surveillance. It is a masking device for laptop webcams that can be used to rewrite, reform and re-invent the images and private spaces that are accessed by one’s online observers. The socket allows one to be seen through imagery of one’s choosing such as vellum, transparencies, plastic, film or darkness. One could make observers look through the drain of a 3D-printed toilet or filter themselves through the softness of flowers.

    A 3D printed toilet sits atop the built-in webcamera of a macbook. The lid of the toilet is closed.