Total documentation
One of the formats of the big data collected is video surveillance, a very large amount of information that is recorded on 24/7.
The whole array becomes unattractive to human beings, creating the illusion that this information is harmless, that there is no access to it. However, it does not escape the attention of analysts who have the ability to analyse, to preserve. In this way, the human being becomes available in the most unexpected places for all sorts of people and systems. Video surveillance invades private space, every step is seen, and what was supposed to keep us safe becomes a permanent lockdown of our actions.
Through the freezing and visualization of the video, I’m showing how the presence of this information is found in the physical world, pointing to what usually gets undetected.
General type of installation
A ceramic tile with screen shots from surveillance cameras on it can easily break. This fragility reminds us of the destruction of a person’s privacy, of its accessibility in the everyday life that Nanny State is intruding into. Visualization of the presence of big data shows the fragility of the human world as a result of the massive invasion of the digital, seemingly invisible.
These images are collected from hacked surveillance cameras, which I’m putting on free access.
