Watched! : surveillance, art and photography / editors, Louise Wolthers, Dragana Vujanovic, Niclas Östlind.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wolthers, Louise, editor.

Östlind, Dragana Vujanović, editor.

Östlind, Niclas, editor.

Hasselblad Center, host institution.

Aarhus kunstmuseum, host institution.

Kunsthal Aarhus, host institution.

Image (Gallery), host institution.

C/O Berlin (Gallery), host institution.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.

Art, Modern.

Photography, Artistic--21st century--Exhibitions.

Photography, Artistic.

Electronic surveillance in art--Exhibitions.

Electronic surveillance in art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 29 cm

Distribution:

New York, NY : D.A.P., Distributed Art Publishers, [date of distribution not identified]

Place of Publication:

Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, [2016]

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

How can art and visual theory contribute to the understanding of our current surveillance society? Watched! presents a selection of European artists who relate to current issues of discipline, control and security in our contemporary surveillance society. Surveillance is an expanding part of daily life. Since the start of the new millennium, we have seen major developments in security policies, data collection, software for private use, biometric science, social media, smartphones and technological innovations in other areas of ?smart surveillance?. Parallel to this change that has taken place in all parts of society, critical responses have increased across a wide range of disciplines, one of them being the arts. This publication offers a selection of artistic works and practices that addresses and reflects on issues of surveillance over the past fifteen years.

Contents:

Essays. Disguised faces, illuminated suspects, and the great spectacle of surveillance / Hille Koskela and Liisa A. Mäkinen ; Photography and the administration of data / Peter Weibel ; Biometric emotions : affect for the purposes of security / Shoshana Magner ; The machinic sensorium / James Bridle ; Living up to the surveillance algorithm / Alberto Frigo ; The changing gaze : from documentary photography to voyeurism to surveillance / Ann-Christin Bertrand ; A day on Europe's periphery / Niclas Östlind ; Exposure without intelligibility : on some requirements of addressing surveillance as a visual practice / Tom Holert ; Viewing ecologies / Louise Wolthers.

Notes:

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Hasselblad Center, May 27-October 2, 2016; Kunsthal Aarhus, November 16-December 31, 2016; C/O Berlin, February 17-May 21, 2017. Selected works displayed at Galleri Image and ARoS, in Aarhus, October 14--December 18, 2016.--http://www.hasselbladfoundation.org/wp/portfolio_page/watched-2/

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783863359591

3863359593

OCLC:

953566095