he is representing new zealand in a two-part installation called secret power at the 2015 venice biennalewe are in venice. i'm here on business for my exhibition's secret pal and looking forward to walking through on this beautiful sunny day. >> a dramatic debut indeed. simon has chosen two public buildings, the library and the busy marco polo airport as his living canvases. >> new zealand doesn't have a permanent space. that means i've been able to choose two ideal spots for my show. it is two really interesting spaces that deal with knowledge in a different way and access to knowledge in every way, one being an archive and the other a kind of hub. >> knowledge is the central theme of his exhibition. inspired by edward snowden's leak, "secret power" addresses the current debate on privacy and the revelation that new zealand is part of a spying operation called the five eyes alliance. >> the show is called "secret power" which is named after a famous new zealand book which introduced new zealand as, particularly to the idea that we were involved in a kind of alliance of people involved in