In wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America has become obsessed with enhancing security systems across the country. These enhanced security systems have not only begun to take over regular airport security procedures, but have also coerced many businesses and corporations to put into question their own safety. Though this security issue is an important one, its infiltration into everyday life has become more of a threat than an actual safety. Thus, I created my own metal detector to exhibit this concern. However, the functioning of my metal detector differs greatly from a typical metal detector. My metal detector alarms whenever anyone attempts to pass through it to the other side. Inside I’ve connected a series of wires to a relay, which triggers a green bulb to light. When the metal detector is disturbed, the relay “tells” the green light to extinguish. A red bulb will then light and trigger a sensor alarm to sound. Once the person is fully through the metal detector the green light is switched back on. The metal detector also has silver brushes along its inside to add to the violation of one’s personal space. The metal detector is constructed out of wood, aluminum paint, and aluminum. The aluminum adds to its irony considering that aluminum is a metal and could by itself set off any metal detector. In the top left corner of the metal detector sits a security camera to film one’s response to the device, and add to one’s sense of being “watched”. I then installed this piece in a farm field to add to its incongruity. I videotaped myself walking through the metal detector repeatedly with my luggage as if I was going through an airport security check. My interaction with the metal detector and the viewer’s interaction then act as psychological deconstructions of security, to exploit the inability of these machines, and the paranoid state of America.