17 Cities (hacking into wireless security camera feeds)

Brief description

Between 2003 and 2008 the artist hacked into wireless CCTV camera broadcasts with a video transmitter. Material from walks in 17 cities was recorded for the artwork. These recordings reveal a hidden layer of the city ranging from the banal to intimate. In a way the recordings reveal what societies consider important and valuable, worth watching over with surveillance systems.

Work that the situation appears in

Title Publication Type Year Creator
17 Cities Art, Video art Michelle Teran
Aesthetic characteristics
Machine P.O.V
Not machine P.O.V.

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