In chess, you have three possible results: white wins, black wins, or a draw/stalemate. This shows the position after a draw is agreed upon. In my point of view, it represents the acceptance of equality and fairness. Similar to one of my key terms, “Reconciliation,” I believe this perfectly shows how, even in a game where both sides are trying to outplay and overcome their opponents, sometimes you just can’t and have to agree to a shared outcome. It shows justice is not about punishment but about finding that middle ground where both sides can agree to in relief and in peace.
Something New Non-Textual #2
This work I created reflects the eerie feeling of being constantly watched by a system that doesn’t have a face. It builds on Foucault’s idea where we feel we’re always under “surveillance,” another key term I included in my portfolio. We start policing ourselves, even if no one is actually behind the lens at that moment. The meaning behind the suited figures with cameras as heads shows how surveillance has become a norm in our society rather than something used only in certain cases. It also touches on Sarah Brayne’s point in “predict and surveil” on how modern justice is shifting toward big data. The speech bubbles illustrate human conversations being turned into digital files through human online presence and how people interact with digital software. Overall, the piece serves to illustrate that justice becomes distorted when people are treated as data points to be monitored, replacing real human understanding with a soul-less figure in a digital interface.
