What effects does an increasingly militarized police presence in public space have on the subjective feeling of security among citizens?

In their performative-installation work WHILE NO ONE IS WATCHING, Alex Deutinger & Alexander Gottfarb raise questions about security, vulnerability and the protection of basic rights in public space.

The performance consists of two fully geared riot policemen constructing a tower sculpture on a public square, in which they live for four days and perform daily routines of surveillance, as well as patrols within a larger defined inner city perimeter, with a variety of spontaneous interventions and direct interactions with passersby.