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How do those airport scanners make you feel?
Annoyed that you have to take out all your tiny bottles of shampoo.
I always get flagged, artistJillian Mayeradmits.
I was given a few restrictions, she notes.
No liquids and no weapons.
I had two hours to use the scanners before a shift change, explains Mayer.
There was this one guy who worked the machine sending things backwards and forwards.
And I brought a friend who helped me photograph the screen.
Mayer quickly learned a few things.
Metal was the most visible on the scanner.
Fabric hardly shows up if at all.
But the most interesting discovery?
The calm beauty ofring pops, she says speaking of the candy crystal jewelry.
I was like, Dont you think this is beautiful?
and hes just like, Whaaat!?
Working with the scanners on this project has changed how Mayer packs.
Now shes conscious of how shes adapting her behavior to be more legible to an algorithm.
Im talking to the machine more when I pack.
Its like how Siri trains you to speak in a way she can understand.
