Kurzgesagt, in vollem Umfang (In a nutshell, to the fullest extent)
Performance and actions in public space. Online exhibition, 2021.
Anybody anywhere who has a device with internet acces -such as a computer, a tablet or a smartphone- can watch in real time what is happening around Goethe and Schiller’s statue in Theaterplatz, Weimar.
There are many Webcams installed in the public space in various cities across Germany. Some of these cameras allow people to access the “views” that are being captured, but many other cameras do not.
This project questions our permanently surveilled lives, the continuos gathering of data from everyday life, and the power relation between those who observe and those who do not know are the ones being observed.
Online exhibition: @kurzgesagt_in_vollem_umfang
The camera • Theaterplatz, Weimar, Germany.
Equinox to Equinox 22.09.2020-22.09.2021 • 366 superimposed images taken from Webcam Weimar Theaterplatz Status on 23 Sep 2021, Images copyright Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk • Theaterplatz, Weimar, Germany.
Crossing the square walking in a straight line, Performance in public space, 23.09.2021 • Images taken from Webcam Weimar Theaterplatz Status on 23 Sep 2021, Images copyright Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk • Theaterplatz, Weimar, Germany.
Trying to communicate using body signals: (1) Pick us up, (2) Yes, (3) Need mechanical help or parts/long delay. Action in public space, 26.09.2021 • Images taken from Webcam Weimar Theaterplatz Status on 26 Sep 2021, Images copyright Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk • Theaterplatz, Weimar, Germany.
Trying to communicate using body signals: (4) Our receiver is operating, (5) No, (6) All OK, do not wait. Action in public space, 26.09.2021 • Images taken from Webcam Weimar Theaterplatz Status on 26 Sep 2021, Images copyright Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk • Theaterplatz, Weimar, Germany.
This project was generously funded by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia.
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- September 1, 2021
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- 2 minute read, 273 words
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