In this article, the author discusses paranoia over government surveillance, themes and tropes of surveillance within spy novels and their didactic effect, and the cultural insights potentially revealed by the popularity of narratives that focus on paranoia.

The article focuses on Lorena Wolffer, a performance artist in Mexico. It states that the artistic performances of Wolffer focus on the use of her body as the art medium which emphasizes the existence of violence against women. It highlights the works of Wolffer which stress the global discrimination in the workplace on race, ethnicity and gender particularly among women. It mentions several projects of Wolffer including “La ropa sucia se lava en casa,” “Mientras dormiamos (el caso Juárez)” and “Zona de tolerancia.” It also presents the photographs of Wolffer in her artistic works.

The article focuses on Turkish artists Hale Tenger and Mürüvvet Türkyilmaz, both from Izmir, Turkey. It notes that Tenger's works project narrative of the evolution of Turkey as a nation from Islamic to a secular state and genealogy of style, whose famous works include Never, Never Land, Strange Fruit, and Portrait of a Woman. It notes that Türkyilmaz's installations are site-specific but complex personal meditations of people across space and time such as The Face of Placement in 1997, Point of View in 2000, and Fence in 2003.

The article focuses on the artworks of artist Jamelie Hassan. It describes several of her artworks and offers certain interpretations, relating it to the aspects of life. It describes the work “Bint el Sudan” (Daughter of Sudan), and reflects on the possible experience of African women in slavery. A film loop called “The Oblivion Seekers” shows the artist's mixing of everyday life with anxiety towards Islam. It also shows an interpretation of a female calligrapher rocking her child's cradle in “The Copyist,” which is said to portray the transmission of language from mother to child.

A review of Kathryn Walter’s Remnants, a performance/installation involving a film projection activated by the operation of a sewing machine exhibited as part of the 2005 Images Festival.