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Banksy, One Nation Under CCTV, 2007.
Newman Street, London, England.
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“You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy."
- Banksy
Unveiled in 2007, One Nation Under CCTV was one of Banksy’s most ambitious public works, dominating the side of a Royal Mail building in central London. The mural depicted a hooded child painting the slogan “ONE NATION UNDER CCTV,” while being watched by a policeman and his dog. Positioned directly beside a working surveillance camera, the piece turned its own creation into a live performance of the state control it critiqued.The mural’s scale and location made it both daring and confrontational, demanding scaffolding and risk under the very gaze it mocked. For two years it remained one of Banksy’s most recognisable works before being painted over in 2009, but its message on surveillance culture remains just as relevant today. -
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