Les artistes veillent sur les caméras. Inutiles les caméras ?
Pas pour les street artistes qui les détournent pour dénoncer la société de surveillance ou le manque de transparence des politiques. Dès le milieu des années 90 plusieurs collectifs informels s’attaquent à la question de la vidéosurveillance dans l’espace public, notamment aux États-Unis. Parmi eux, Surveillance Camera Players attire l’attention de leurs concitoyens sur ce sujet en jouant des pièces de théâtre avec des pancartes, comme Ubu Roi ou des passages du livre 1984 d’Orwell sous l’oeil des caméras de la ville de New York. “Les collectifs qui se sont intéressés à ce thème par des actions artistiques de rue viennent également de milieux universitaires comme les membres de l’IAA (Institute of Applied Autonomy) qui avaient distribué des “Routes of least surveillance” c’est-à-dire des cartes de New York qui montraient les zones sans surveillance”, explique Samira Ouardi auteur du livre Artivisme.
Luz Interruptus : les politiques sous surveillance Banksy Obey. William Betts. CCTV Footage As Art: The Work Of William Betts. It's a fact of life that we're constantly spied on by CCTV, those electronic eyes peering down at us and monitoring everything we do.
But as Orwellian as all the machine-vision seems, this invasion of privacy and erosion of our civil liberties can serve as a source for art. Art like Timo Arnall's short film Robot Readable World culled from found footage and art like the paintings of William Betts. Executives Betts uses CCTV stills, traffic cams, and photographs as the sources for his unsettling, blurry paintings which look like low-res, pixelated digital images.
The paintings even include details like the time and date stamp you get on CCTV footage in a nod to a world in which we're constantly being captured by watchful, mechanical eyes. The CNC machine Betts uses for his work Even though the images are painted Betts, who previously worked in the software industry, uses a CNC machine to create his work, deconstructing and translating the images into files using custom software. The dA-Zed guide to Surveillance. In light of recent events such as Bradley Manning's thirty-five year prison sentence for alleged espionage, the UK’s secret Middle East internet surveillance base revealed in Edward Snowden's leaks, and the uncconscionable nine-hour detainment of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald's partner at Heathrow airport for carrying "sensitive" documents— the question is no longer, are we living in a Surveillance State but, what are we going to do about it?
Here are twenty-six of our most creative countersurveillance responses. At the forefront of anti-stealthware fashion, Harvey’s ‘Anti-Drone’ garments are designed with a metallized fabric that protects against thermal imaging surveillance, while his CV Dazzle offers camouflage from facial detection. For phone privacy lovers, Harvey’s OFF Pocket—an accessory blocking all mobile phone tracking—is a must. Drawing in real time from inside the courtroom, cartoonist and WikiLeaks activist Clark Stoeckley captured first-hand The United States vs.
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