On a winter day in 2004, the actor Luigi Mashall was employed to double up with people who supervise streets and public spaces in London.

As an Extra Security guard, he was dressed in standard black shoes and trousers, white shirt, clip-on tie, 'Nato' sweater, padded jacket and high visibility vest. Logo's were printed on clothes and epaulets and on an ID-badge. Police officers, ‘colleagues’ from security companies, as well as other street workers came up to him for a chat and many passers-by stopped him to ask for directions. On one occasion, a man ran out of a restaurant, trying to prevent the Extra Security guard from wheel-clamping his car.

The work was made in the context of the Beck’s Futures 2004 competition.