ANTI-SURVEILLANCE HELMET

A helmet that obscures the individual and watches back.

May 2026.

New York, New York.

Photos by Hudson Hale.

Mirror tiles, digitally manipulated and cut up self portraits, fluorescent wire, letter beads, miscellaneous hardware.

Can wearable technology be used to refuse surveillance, rather than become more legible to it?

Anti-Surveillance Helmet treats the body as a site of resistance against mass surveillance. Built from recycled tech, mirrors, repeated eyes, fragmented images of my face, and sharp hardware, the helmet obscures the wearer while returning the gaze outward. It draws from the visual language of the panopticon, cameras, screens, reflection, and monitoring, but reverses the power dynamic by making the watched person watch back. The fragmented face confuses facial recognition, while the mirrored and armored surface turns visibility into confrontation. Rather than using technology to make the body more readable, the work uses technology to make the body harder to capture.