– SURVEILLANCE FOR THE SOUL –

THE DESIRE TO BE WATCHED

How CCTV shapes spaces, and how that might shape people’s behaviour in spaces

How confined I felt in London- where big group behaviour was altered by the awareness of CCTV… for example I as a youngER woman I couldn’t playfight in east London with the same lads I’d mess around within other areas because there was a working awareness the police are on a poll in the sky.

How people use umbrellas and parasols to avoid detection in the hong king protests

Ultimately CCTV is about Authority-

The benevolent god watching over us – has been instilled found thousands of years- does some part of humanity want to feel watched over? Is that an extension of feeling cared for…and does that link to the CCTV argument- something- is observing us- in case the worst should happen?

We also self-document our lives through social media channels regularly- but- and this is where our agency is given to us as opposed to CCTV- only our best moments.