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Landscape Surveillance series
Made for re:publica 2018

Surveillance cameras track our movements through cities. They watch and group our faces and interactions on the streets, in metro stations, and at traffic lights. Inside, security cameras record our time in cafes, restaurants, stores, and offices.

Surveillance cameras don’t only watch people but also seemingly empty landscapes. They record vistas of forests, lakes, and mountains. They stream panoramas of beaches in Brasil, ski resorts in Austria, and small roads through distant hills in Iceland.

Many surveillance cameras are connected to the Internet but have weak security. IP cameras still using default usernames and passwords like admin/12345 inadvertently subvert any intention of security and privacy. The video feeds are gathered and streamed on webcam and insecure camera sites for anyone with Internet access to see.

The works in this series are made from some of these exposed surveillance video feeds.

Landscape Surveillance (Switzerland)
Ink and graphite on board
18 cm x 25 cm
2018
Landscape Surveillance (Germany)
Ink on mounted board
40 cm x 50 cm
2018
Untitled (from the Landscape Surveillance series)
Ink and graphite on paper
50 cm x 65 cm
2018
From the Landscape Surveillance series, shown at the re:publica conference rp18 in Berlin.
Ink on mounted board
2018
Landscape Surveillance (Night Floods In)
Ink on mounted board
20 cm x 25.5 cm
2018