Intervalometer Research: Sous-veillance
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Trying to form ideas for this project originally frustrated me. I originally had many ideas and narrowed them down to the idea of surveillance and how it affects people and their privacy. Traditionally society had believed that privacy is an inherent natural right but according to neo-analysts dealing with this subject there truly isn’t any at all. Scott McNealy os SUN Microsystems states that, “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.” Some nations have gone to the point where surveillance is a norm and is considered forms of entertainment. Reality television shows have multiplied in the past 10 years. In retrospect privacy isn’t so private anymore. This brings me onto the topic of Sous-veillance, something Justin referenced me too.
Sous-veillance is defined as, “describe the recording of an activity from the perspective of a participant in the activity…” This is a term deemed by Steve Mann a proponent of perceptual and societal art forms. I’m really interested in the possibility of exploring this way of interaction and to evaluate what comes from it. Possibly the use of an Intervalometer to regulate how and when the images are being taken. I’m further proposing strapping a camera to my body and to document 3 days of work as well from it. We’ll just have to wait to see what comes up from it.
