Bulletproof Vest

Video Collage
01:50 minutes
2024

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What is the process of creating stab-proof vests? What are the implications of their existence? In looking at factory footage, we see the industrialized production of these protective garments and the commodification of violence and the intricate systems it takes to sustain it. I think about What drives the demand for these items, and what does it say about our society’s relationship with safety and fear?