here – there
Does
surveillance bring to the fore the absolute vulnerability in
a society where everybody is being watched, controlled and
protected? Is order transmitted through social security numbers,
identification documents, passports, cctv-cameras, police,
security police, specially trained police, the military, boarder
control, guards, inspectors, media, the church, morals, citizens,
neighbours, acquaintances, friends, loved ones, family, parents
and children
Who keeps watch?
Who supervises?
Who controls and who is being controlled?
Who protects or is being protected?
From what and by whom?
What are the consequences of surveillance?
How is our understandning of reality affected
by surveillance and being watched?
How does the technical equipment influence
our view of the world?With machines, cameras, monitors and
virtual reality? What happens to our sense of space? What happens
to our sense of time? What does “here” mean? What
does “there” mean?
Who is the other person?
How does the presence of a human
being influence the activities of another? What significance
does the direction of our choices have for our sense of language
and sense of meaning?
What happens to the one who falls outside
of the protection?
no
one(‘s) someone(‘s) someone
else(‘s) somewhere else
Marina
Ciglar
