{"id":2379,"date":"2007-10-15T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:26:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:26:32","slug":"what-if-people-did-the-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/10\/15\/what-if-people-did-the-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"What if humans did the surveillance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CLHE99tsXZ0[\/youtube]<\/p>\n<p>One of the most broadly debated topics about public space is the use of video surveillance on our streets by local police authorities. The Toronto Public Space Committee has a <a href=\"http:\/\/publicspace.ca\/cameras\/\">campaign focuesed on the issue<\/a>, while the debate has raged on in cities like London, England, where cameras apparently capture a person&#8217;s image over 3,000 times in a single day.<\/p>\n<p>A group called <a href=\"http:\/\/guerrillageography.blogspot.com\/\">Guerrilla Geography<\/a>, based out of London, did a great intervention: they carried around fake video surveillance cameras and invaded people&#8217;s personal space by following them closely or putting the camera right up into their face. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CLHE99tsXZ0\">The video is great<\/a> (shown above) because it forces people to confront the realities of how intrusive video surveillance really is. The question that popped into my mind was: is there any difference if the camera is controlled remotely or if its held by a human? Theoretically, I&#8217;d say there is no real difference, but it <em>feels<\/em> different because the surveillance becomes humanized.<\/p>\n<p>The performers nicely illustrate the philosophical complexities of this issue at a time when the public has done nothing more than shrug at the deterioration of privacy and the slow expansion of private security interests into the public realm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CLHE99tsXZ0[\/youtube] One of the most broadly debated topics about public space is the use of video surveillance on our streets by local police authorities. 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