// WHAT DO WE WANT?, 2000
Installation, size variable
neonsign, police warning sign, broken window, polaroid series

“What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!” is a typical demonstration slogan in the USA. A speaker asks the demonstrators “What do we want?,” the crowd answers “Justice,” “When do we want it?,” “Now.” Chicago is a city with a very high crime rate. Gun fights are the daily routine of many neighbourhoods. On the other hand, Chicago police is omnipresent. It has a bad reputation and is accused of beeing currupt and brutal. Nevertheless it seems to give many people a feeling of beeing protected. In many shop windows and windos of private houses you find signs “We Call Police” and “This Is A Neighborhood Watch Area – We Know Our Police.” Neighbours call the police when they witness criminal activities. The culture and cultivation of fear and the paradoxy of the threat of crime on one hand and the knowledge that also the police is involved in criminal practices in many ways are the starting points of this installation. //