Red Eyed Skywalkers

By Jenny Marketou, New York, NY, sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council Marketou's stunning, attention-grabbing "Red Eyed Skywalkers" is a public participatory outdoor installation involving the combination of a flock of 100 red weather balloons and selectively disbursed wireless cameras capturing real-time video of festival passersby from multiple aerial perspectives. The result is a unique, eye-catching exhibit that allows widespread access to surveillance information through the playful, ironic, and iconic emblem of the red balloons.