In the 19th century, building a barricade could bring down a state. Today, however, a barricade cannot rely solely on itself as-architecture, (or 'as-object') for the interruption of order and the creation of exceptional space. Not only are battlegrounds and the lines that define them are increasingly blurred, but progressions in technology, control and surveillance mean that, with ease, state forces could destroy all that a traditional barricade could materially ‘stand’ for : by tank, by drone or by camera.