CCTV Social

In March-April 2008, ShainaA collaborated with a number of agencies in Manchester city to open up CCTV control rooms to members of the public. The Manchester Metropolitan University and the Arndale Mall were the principal venues, and over 30 members of the public were able to attend one-hour 'clinics' in the CCTV rooms. Some results were shown as part of the exhibition 'What do you want?' at Cornerhouse, Manchester from March-April 2008.

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CCTV Social

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Capital Circus, 2008

Filmed at the then largest mall in Europe, the Arndale Center, which had been built over the centre of Manchester town after an IRA bombing in 1992. Filmed using the 208 cameras of the mall, from the control room. Over a hundred subjects were followed after they signed a "release form" combining CCTV and documentary image release protocols.
Part of the project CCTV Social.
27 mins, CCTV video.

In Cameras Res, 2019


De Appel, Amsterdam

On three screens, a city-symphony filmed by automated CCTV cameras in Amsterdam. The optical and motor capacities of these cameras are pushed to an extreme. Certain human subjects reappear near or far in the images, suggesting a form of reciprocal knowledge or intent, a secret pact between cameras and people.

Capital Circus, 2008
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ADM Gallery, Singapore

as part of
The Unfaithful Octopus
Nanyang Technological University

Structural Film After Globalisation
Oct. 26, 2025
Giorno Poetry Systems, NYC

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The Neigbhour Before the House
March 26, 2026 - March 29, 2026

Al Jaar Qabla Al Daar
Caillou Film Festival

Boxes, Borders, Biji, Cipta
March 22, 2026
Engine Room, SAM

A conversation prompted by CAMP's Metabolic Container at the Singapore Biennale.

25th Biennale of Sydney
March 14, 2026 - June 14, 2026

SYDNEY OPERA
Filmed on location in February 2026 from a CCTV camera atop the White Bay Power Station
Gadigal / Waranne Country

Feb. 13, 2026 Phantom Publics

Shaina and Ashok present at Body Public: Through a Performance Archive, a research symposium at the Kochi Biennale, 2026.
Shaina: 100 year project, performative media, emancipated spect-actors, publics at the heart of practice.
Ashok: Types of writing as forms of attention to artwork, as distinct from gaze, listening, experience in general, or data analysis.
Intersections Sites of Becoming
Feb. 7, 2026 - April 30, 2026
Arthshila, Delhi

Marking 50 years of the Inlaks Foundation.
Shaina A went to study Film and Media arts under the Inlaks scholarship in 1999.

Feb. 7, 2026 Art in the Age of Anxiety

Shaina joined artists Sheela Gowda, Rekha Rodwittya, Indrapramit Roy, Gigi Scaria and moderator Gayatri Sinha for a conversation inaugurating Intersections- an exhibition commemorating 50 years of the Inlaks Foundation at Arthshila, Delhi.
Feb. 6, 2026 CAMP are recipients of Asia Society’s 2026 Asia Arts Pathbreaker Award
Planetary Public Goods
Jan. 24, 2026

Show and tell with Sanjay Bhangar.
Saturday, 24th January, 7 pm to 9 pm, at CAMP.

Night Sweats, and Menggodam
Jan. 10, 2026
CAMP Studio

Saturday, 6 to 8 pm.
A conversation with scholar Irina Aristarkhova and theorist/ curator Gunalan Nadarajan about their recent projects.

Commemorating a Revolution yet to come,
Dec. 23, 2025 - Dec. 27, 2025
Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial, Mahad

Country of the Sea as part of revolutionary remembrance / क्रांती स्मरण

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