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Traditional surveillance cameras are created to make people visible, for being able to recognize an individual in a determinated space. Invisibility Surveillance Cameras are created to make people invisible, for being unable to recognize an individual in a determinated space.
This Hack is a inverted surveillance system, a transparent camera that makes invisible the ones that pass through it’s field of view. It’s an anonymous spot in the public space, an island of freedom. The massive application of this concept in the streets will produce very interesting results. This new enviroment of anonymous freedom will make people behave in different and new ways as we are used to see. But we will not see them, because they are invisible...
More info on: Invisibility Surveillance Camera
In class I presented a short slide show with a cultural hack that I did in Cardiff Wales. I posed as an artist participating in Experimentica 2012 performance festival, and was allowed to participate in a live radio show. Only when we were on air did I reveal that my proposal for the festival was rejected.
The posters show pictures of people anonymously shot from the neck down. They are holding paper sheets displaying their stories in few sentences in their hands. All the experiences are related to rumors about HIV/AIDS and their results. By addressing the problems to public space awareness in thinking and acting is supposed to be created. In this way an open discourse creating changes in attitudes can evolve. The reactions (public dicussion about rumors and young people went to HIV Tests) on the campaign show that it does have a certain impact. In another step we attempt to broaden the sphere of influence.
In the movie four women speak about their lives. Not all of them are infected but they made experiences with HIV/AIDS that changed their lives. Comprehensibly expressed HIV doesn't only appear in the form of a virus but in peoples fear as well. The rumors circulating in the area have negative effects on the society, Tabooing, stigmatisation and violence are the results the women got confronted with. Social workers speak about the experiences they made with their work. Despite positive tendencies the fear of people remains a strong opponent in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
We pursue a communication strategy based on changing attitudes towards a certain topic without being missionary. We believe that changes in thinking in a community can only originate from the very community and take time.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/42765138 Website: http://www.whisperdownthelane.com
Hacking in progress, documentation follows.
a choreographed space moving throughout the KABK building. Video coming soon. Please read more here.