Who are you looking at Who's looking at you
Who... is an ongoing study of social implications of surveillance in public space. Since the start of this project, late 2007, one of the results is this performance/vj set where cameras around a public space (a dance floor in a club, a street or a building) capture movement of people at that time and place. Footage is returned to the audience after beeing fed through the authoritarian power of the CCTV system and the performer. As performer I can seek individuals and place them in or out of control of their virtual representations on screen.
The goal of Who... is to highlight two things mainly: 1. The audience's lack of control of their footprints or traces left behind in a surveilled space, and 2. The non-personality of a CCTV system and the problem of relating to a covert power of this sort. Additionally, the wonderful esthetics of surveillance camera videos, and of body and crowd motion are qualities that amplify the experience.
The live video feeds are read by custom software built with openFrameworks which gives the performer full control over time and space.
Shows
→ Essential Existence Gallery, Leipzig. September 2009. → Pre PPP, Stockholm. September 2009. → OSC09/Färgfabriken, Stockholm. August 2009. → The Interactive Institute 10 år, Stockholm. December 2008. → The Office, Stockholm. December 2008. → Sweat, Linköping. September 2008. → New Media Meeting, Norrköping. September 2008. → Klubb Republik, Norrköping. April 2008. → Norrköpings Konsthall, Norrköping. April 2008. → New Media Meeting pre-event, Norrköping. January 2008.
Video
→ Essential Existence Gallery, Leipzig. → Pre PPP, Stockholm. → OSC09/Färgfabriken, Stockholm. → The Office, Stockholm. → Sweat, Linköping. → Klubb Republik, Norrköping. → Norrköpings Konsthall, Norrköping.