A woman with short curly hair, wearing a dark jacket and carrying a backpack, stands in front of two digital screens on a beige wall in a narrow corridor with file cabinets on either side. The left screen displays a sign that says "CARNET TO GO" with an image of a ticket machine, and the right screen has text in Spanish that reads "MILES DE DESTINOS DISPONIBLES."

Carnet to GO

Some walls are made of stone others are made of paper, both can close on you like a prison, with failed promises of protection and safety. To be governed, inscribed, codified, verified, and documented until an identity is enacted, stamped, and affirmed.

Year: 2023

Materials: Photocopies, Telegram chatbot, global locations, List of numbers.

Dimensions: Variable

Location: Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo. Montevideo, Uruguay

Photos: Daniel Roggero / Estudio Fotosíntesis para el Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo

Room with walls covered in printed tickets or passes with 'CARNET TO GO' text, flanking a digital display on the back wall showing a promotional graphic for 'CARNET TO GO' and 'MILES DE DESTINOS DISPONIBLES' in Spanish, indicating available destinations.

Carnet to Go was a site specific installation at a former prison cell. The cell walls were covered with hundreds of photocopied fliers offering a pseudo ID service where alternatives multiply into new forms of bureaucratic confinement.

Close-up of multiple printed flyers for 'Carnet To Go' displayed on a wall, with black and white design and QR codes.
An advertisement in Spanish for Carnet to Go, offering instant legal ID verification via Telegram with QR codes and instructions.

Telegram Chatbot: a Telegram chatbot was accessible through smartphones. Visitors could use the chatbot to receive their identity number, destination, and personalized future predictions.

Three smartphones displaying WhatsApp conversations about a promotional Instagram reel, including a link, a description of verifying an account, and a personalized horoscope prediction.

Video for the Carnet to Go service.