Freedom, politics, government, human rights, war, equality, and the search for individual identity in an increasingly homogenized world—these ideas pervade The Surveillance Issue of apt just as they pervade our modern lives: sometimes covertly, sometimes plain as day. Issue four features work by Melissa Barrett, Sam Cha, Priya Chandrasegaram, Amanda Chiado, Gregory Crosby, C.E. Garrett, Pat Hanahoe-Dosch, Ben Gunsberg, Krysten Hill, Danielle Jones-Pruett, Suzanne Lee, Kate Nacy, Kevin O'Cuinn, Emily O'Neill, Nikola Petković, Samuel Piccone, April Ranger, Matt Thompson, Michael Thurston, and Justin Waldron.