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Category Archives: New Media
What is the value of monumentalism?
This article examines the urbanism of monumentalism in Washington, D.C. and attempts to understand why such an effort is made to maintain the mall as it is. Continue reading
Surveillance, Alibis and Streaming Autobiographies
Artist Hasan Elahi developed a surveillance and security project he calls “Tracking Transience: The Orwell Project.” Inspired after the Department of Homeland Security erroneously detained him, the project compiles GPS data, photographs, purchase records and maps to present an up-to-the … Continue reading
Information Overload + Architecture
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume … Continue reading
Olympic Surveillance
The CBC news has reported that Vancouver is in the process of installing hundreds of surveillance cameras in the downtown area in anticipation of the upcoming Olympic Games. 900 cameras will be installed in the next week to monitor crowds … Continue reading
Posted in Built Environment, New Media, Surveillance, urbanism
Tagged democratic national convention, Denver, New Media, Olympics, privacy, Security, Surveillance, Vancouver
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Surveillance Music Videos
In a creative example of how surveillance cameras can be used as a new media tool, Pitchfork Media has begun to film music videos using CCTV. The films capture the performers from a unique and voyeuristic perspective while also splicing … Continue reading
Posted in New Media, Surveillance
Tagged Add new tag, Closed-circuit television, Film, Music video, Surveillance, Voyeurism
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