Sometimes, The World Just Gets Too Close

Back in 2000, artist Tom Muller set out to bring the world closer together by creating World Passports which could be ordered from any of several “world embassies” around the world. While completely useless in traditional border-crossing situations, Muller describes the passports as sending “a holistic kind of message, but using bureaucratic attitudes and ways to get there.” Unfortunately for the artist, purchasing passport-making equipment turned out to be a great way to attract the attention of the world’s law enforcement agencies in the months after the 9/11 attacks.