Orwell, George — Nineteen eighty-four [65]

By sitting in the alcove, and keeping well back, Winston was able to remain outside the range of the telescreen, so far as sight went. He could be heard, of course, but so long as he stayed in his present position he could not be seen. It was partly the unusual geography of the room that had suggested to him the thing that he was now about to do. — Orwell, George, Nineteen eighty-four, 65

Note

The spatial negotiation of surveillance: a blind spot by geometry, not permission. The ‘unusual geography of the room’ as the enabling condition for transgression — architecture as both trap and refuge.