Unblinking Eyes, Watching
Unblinking Eyes, Watching, is a composite of high resolution images of the north-end wall of Cook County Jail printed at 1:1 scale on a 40' x 26' wall. Located within Gaspar's childhood neighborhood of Little Village, the jail is the nation's largest single-site detention facility and spans 96 acres at the center of the city. Unblinking Eyes, Watching highlights the impact of the carceral institution as a shared backdrop to the daily lives of those living on both sides of its walls. Through making visible the politics of location, Gaspar poses questions about how the language of detention, surveillance, and policing marks our contemporary urban experience.