Cryptome Tracks the NYPD Ring of Steel

Presented at HOPE Number Nine (2012), July 13, 2012, 1 p.m. (60 minutes)

Cryptome’s digital multimedia presentation of original cartography, animations, video, and architectural documentation will explore the urban implications of the NYPD One Police Plaza Security Plan - a.k.a. Ring of Steel - which locked down Lower Manhattan after 9/11, transforming its Civic Center into a threatscape centered on NYPD headquarters. With its militarized jurisdiction mobilizing through technologies of command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, the Ring of Steel has declared itself an iconic public space for our time.


Presenters:

  • Deborah Natsios
    Deborah Natsios is an independent scholar, architect, and co-founder (along with John Young) of Cryptome (1996), a repository for information about freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance.
  • John Young
    John Young is an independent scholar, architect, and co-founder (along with Deborah Natsios) of Cryptome (1996), a repository for information about freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance.

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