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HIDE - surveillance free city tours <br />www.ausblenden.net <br /><br />Have you ever tried to walk through your city without beeing captured by a surveillance camera? <br />On sunday, 10th of May 2009, we accompanied the first "hidden" guided tour through the centre of Linz. <br /><br />A group of 11 people - equipped with white uniforms and reflective shields (to protect themselves against camera surveillance) was given a crash course in the subject of surveillance and monitoring of public space. <br /><br />The 2 guides, Ulrike Hager and Christian Korherr - dressed in red uniforms - provided them with information, self-protective skills and confronted them (and everybody who saw them move through the streets) with an ongoing topic that effects every single one of us. <br /><br />An intervention that combines a double dose of irritation with a dash of humour. <br /><br />Idea/concept/realisation: Social Impact in cooperation with Choreanders <br />www.social-impact.at