Artist uses public records and data-driven audio to reinterpret protest footage and surveillance systems
A University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student has turned municipal surveillance footage of protests into a multi-channel installation examining policing, disability and public space in the United States.
The exhibit, titled “Infrastructure Bodies/Injury Systems: An Exhibition by Anne E. Stoner,” is on view beginning April 10 at the university’s Memorial Union.
The project, which earned Anne E. Stoner the 2026 Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize, combines video captured from public surveillance systems with sound generated from both data and human voices. The MFA Prize is offered annually by the Chazen Museum of Art in collaboration with the UW–Madison art department.
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Image Credit: Detail from the installation “Infrastructure Bodies/Injury Systems: An Exhibition by Anne E. Stoner.” Photo courtesy of the Chazen Museum of Art