Satirizing Surveillance


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Camerahead Project Watches, Criticizes|
Between public security cameras that track our every move to Big Brother-esque e-mail filtering at work and the omnipresent celebrity paparazzi, it’s easy to detect our surveillance-happy society. The Camerahead Project, a public art installation, aims to dramatize this oversaturation of surveillance by adding to it. These images, captured by George Hickey, depict the 10 Camerahead agents about their daily work. Whether they’re following a child at play or a woman sitting demurely at a park bench, these Camerahead agents aren’t missing a beat. Even a game of pick-up basketball is cause for the attention of two Camerahead agents. Source: cameraheadproject Via: aclu-wa.org |
Hidden Obesity Cameras (GALLERY)
Stealth Cameras Logging Body SizeAs if we don’t have enough methods in place that invade the privacy of citizens already, along comes MA wielding 2008 graduate of the Royal College of Arts, Benjamin Males, and his invention SOLA, the…
Public Art Cheeseburgers (VIDEO)
The Diesel "Good Life" WallThe iconic Diesel Wall that has gained fame in Europe made its way to the U.S. this year, and the winner of the contest has just been revealed. "The Good Life" is the title of the giant cheeseburger…
Political Protest Protection (GALLERY)
The Miranda CameraThe Miranda, designed by Gabriel Lam, is the perfect devise for the rabble-rouser or wannabe revolutionary, which ever term is PC right now. But I am being facetious and obnoxious. This is a very useful…
Undercover Gadgets (GALLERY)
Spy Camera Watch and ReceiverWhat looks like an innocent normal analog watch actually has a small built-in spy camera and microphone that is very hard to detect. The camera is positioned so that the captured image is correctly oriented…
Public Art in Shanghai (GALLERY)
Fungus Chairs by Ma YansongThese are Fungus chairs created by Chinese architect Ma Yansong of the Chinese architecture firm MAD as part of a public art display in Pudong District, Shanghai, China. Thematically, this display is…
Camera Sees Under Clothes
T5000 does Strip Search From 80 Feet AwayOooh...cameras that see through clothes! Well it really can't show anatomical details, so don't get too excited. From a distance of up to 80 feet, the new cameras are capable of seeing things under your…
You on a Times Square Billboard (GALLERY)
I in the Sky Public Art ProjectImagine seeing yourself on a billboard in Times Square, lit up on one of the most famous streets of the world. You don't have to be a model or a celebrity for it to be possible anymore! Thanks to "I in…
Decor As Art with Hidden Messages (GALLERY)
James HopkinsBritish artist James Hopkins blurs the lines between decor and art with his furniture artworks. He carefully constructs installations with mundane everyday objects, transforming them into artwork installations…
Peach Sculpture
PR Disguised as Public ArtHere's another great PR stunt disguised as a piece of public art. This time it's entitled Ella and can be found in the centre of Sydney, Australia. It is a sculpture of a naked woman whose skin is made…
Secret Apartment (VIDEO)
Hidden Home Built Into a MallMichael Townsend takes the term "mall rat" to a whole new meaning -- the Leesburg, Florida man literally lived in a mall for four years. He built a secret home in an abandoned section of his mall parking…
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