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Wafaa Bilal's Third Eye   Friday, December 10, 2010  BROOKE
GLADSTONE: While some people are determined to guard their
personal information, others relish putting it all out there for
the world to see. Case in point, Iraqi-born artist and New York
University professor Wafaa Bilal, who is recording his own
movements for an entire year, as part of a performance piece
commissioned by Qatar’s new Museum of Modern Art. In fact, Bilal
has surgically implanted a camera in the back of his head,
creating a sort of third eye that will snap one picture per
minute for the next year. The unedited images will be
transmitted to an interactive installation at the museum in
Qatar and will also be available to view online. But the method
Bilal has chosen to comment on our surveillance culture has made
his employer, New York University, a little uneasy. It’s
requiring him to wear a lens cap over the camera while on
campus, to protect student privacy. Wafaa, welcome to