CCTV Social at Space Hamilton
Dec. 14, 2010 - Dec. 18, 2010
Shaina Anand and Ashok Sukumaran's project CCTV Social is being shown as a 30-minute video at Space Hamilton, Seoul as part of the exhibition
"The Second Order", curated by Ji Yoon Yang.
Opening December 7th, 2010.
Artists talk by Ashok Sukumaran: "Postscript on the Order of Networks"
December 18th, 4pm
In March 2008, artists Shaina Anand and Ashok Sukumaran
collaborated with several Manchester authorities to open working CCTV
environments to a general audience.
People normally 'subjected' by this infrastructure came into the
control
rooms to observe and monitor this condition, so endemic to the UK, where
there is approximately one police camera
for every six citizens. About thirty people signed up for one-hour
sessions in two control rooms in the city. These sessions became
somewhat like a clinic,
where both police and participants discussed symptoms, anxieties and inoculations for
'public health,' under surveillance.
The film is a documentation of some moments, from these several hours of curious encounters.
