Prie Dieu (Prayer Bench)

"It's a little dig at consumerism and religion during Xmas season, also on finance, surveillance and capitalism in general. The bible has been replaced with Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," says the artist about his work "Prie Dieu (Prayer Bench)". The temporary installation consisted of a genuine prayer bench, complete with books and candles. It was situated in front of a cash machine in central Stavanger — directly opposite Norway's oldest cathedral. The light from the cash machine would directly illuminate whoever chose to kneel in front of it.

Martyn Reed is a British artist, writer, independent researcher, curator and exhibition organizer based in Stavanger, Norway. He is the founder and artistic director of the Nuart Festivals and network. Much of Reed's work and the platforms he devises are international collaborative events that revolve around promoting art as part of everyday life using counter-cultural strategies, values and thinking.