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.