Vimeo: panoptICONS Utrecht 2010 (via Wooster Collective)
In vielen Städten gibt es mittlerweile (gefühltermaßen) so viele Überwachungskameras wie Tauben. Insofern passt es ganz gut, dass Thomas voor 't Hekke und Bas van Oerle für ihr Projekt panoptICONS in Utrecht Vögel mit Kameras statt Köpfen aufgestellt haben. Aus der Videobeschreibung:
‘panoptICONS’ addresses the fact that you are constantly being watched by surveillance cameras in city centres. The surveillance camera seems to have become a real pest that feeds on our privacy. To represent this, camera birds - city birds with cameras instead of heads - were placed throughout the city centre of Utrecht where they feed on our presence. In addition, a camera bird in captivity was displayed to show the feeding process and to make the everyday breach of our privacy more personal and tangible.
