Maximum Security is a project that began in 1998 when Merhi hacked the email account of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Frías. Since that year, when Chávez still was a candidate for president, until 2004, he intercepted thousands of emails. Then, he arranged the information using a spatial array system known as datagram,  by printing and organizing the data using a geometric-chaotic pattern, in order to create a monumental wallpaper installation.

Despite the obvious political content, Merhi does not compromise himself in favor or in opposition to Chavez. He is just an intermediary between the people who wrote the messages and the people who go to museums to read these messages. Additionally, the artist demonstrates how fragile the Venezuelan government and institutions are regarding electronic security.

Maximum Security shows the historical struggle of Venezuela in the last 9 years, highlighting the hacking as an instrument for art production, as well as showing the importance of new technologies in the progress of contemporary art, and legitimating email as an uncensored source of knowledge.

Since 2002 the work has been exhibited in mural format, sizing up to 1000 m². In 2009, Maximum Security was translated to modular photographs. Each image was produced meticulously by the artist in chronological order. The four first photographs correspond to the first emails sent to Hugo Chávez, showing when he was still a candidate until the first days after winning the Presidential election. 

The images were printed on cibachrome and encased in Plexiglas using the most reliable and hi-def technology (guaranteed for 200 years). The assembly is instant and simple. Each photograph has an aluminum bracket on the back of the piece, saving the use of frames and making the installation fast and easy.