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Captive Portal: Customs and Border Protection Agency
Sarah A. Friend

Part of the “Captive Portal” commissioned series, Customs and Border Protection Agency is a new work designed specifically for the CCA’s WiFi platform, Captive Portal, by Toronto-based artist, Sarah A. Friend. Visitors are invited to connect to WiFi via their smartphones, but first must pass through a digitally simulated checkpoint and AR (Augmented Reality) game that may or may not let them through. Modeled after border transfers and customs control gateways, the work traps visitors and asks them to complete an …