DRAFT proposal 18/09/13

Tentative Title

my project

Introduction

• key words/ domain of interests:

- public space

- online - offline media

- virtual-physical space

- participatory (including the "users")

- an alternative media

- the observer (the spectator)

- action-reaction

- site specific / situation specific

Brief

The research is depicted from my interest tracking, collecting and preserving traces of data that accumulate in networked societies.
My main motivation is driven by the question about privacy and depicting growing ambiguity/ anxiety towards the rules and regulations in the public domain.
One possible ways to go:
The field of my research will be build upon the cryptography, encoding and encryption systems, methods of encrypting data.
Throughout constrain research I will articulate a link between systems of information or transmitting and receiving a massage (a telegraph system, information theory, networks and internet - the growing tension of surveillance )

• surveillance

• violation of privacy

• data protection

• possible ways/ tools to prevent

Relation to previous practice

Within encouraged thematic projects which often merged to self-directed research and intensive practices I have start developing a set of skills and techniques in process of building my own visual language reflects to the current media landscape, where I am in a process of defining critical position in a broader cultural, technical and social context. I still have to work to complete/ resolve some of the projects I have started during this year but also to articulate own position on certain themes I am researching... In the first year of pzi I had the chance to experiment with a wide range of media practices ( from urban interventions “ Urban planting” to interactive installations “ CQ_& Ability test” and hardware manipulation ) which have helped me to extend my artistic and visual vocabulary. ( possibilities and limitation of the medium. What I have learn from that experience is that sometimes a complex, technological does not transmit the best the main concept. The essence "less is more" is applied. Ask for help – technical support when is needed!).

I am interested in errors, broken links and malfunction systems. //How does your research connect to previous projects you have done? Remember to briefly explain or describe related projects as the external is not familiar with your work.

Relation to a larger context

Media theory

• "Control and Freedom", Wendy Chun
• "Net delusion", Evgeny Morozov
• "The Rise of the Network Society", Manuel Castells

//Meaning practices or ideas that go beyond the scope of your personal work. Write briefly about other projects or theoretical material which share an affinity with your project. For example, if you are researching urban interventions, you might talk about Situationist approaches to psychogeography, urban tactical media and activist strategies of reclaiming the streets. Or, if you want to explore the way data is tracked, you might touch upon the politics of data mining by referencing concerns laid out by the Electronic Frontier or highlight theoretical questions raised by Wendy Chun or others. (Keep in mind that we are *not* expecting well formulated conclusions or persuasive arguments in the proposal phase. At this juncture, it's simply about showing an awareness of a broader context, which you will later build upon as your research progresses.)

Practical steps

research/ practice based I prefer to keep the outcome open ( non-defined ) as I felt caught by the Media studies where the outcome sometimes take prevent towards the research.
The research will lead/ take a form of present.
Once the theme and the outline are clarified I will make a series of prototypes and small practical tasks.

References

Works connected to the theme I want to explore:

• FACELESS by MANU LUKSCH (2007 AT/UK)
  

"RealTime orients the life of every citizen. Eating, resting, going to work, getting married – every act is tied to RealTime. And every act leaves a trace of data – a footprint in the snow of noise..."
"Faceless" is a CCTV sci-fi fairy-tale narrative or visual essay which serves as a continuous journey of figures moving into public space. The video consists of diverse CCTV footage, where the faces of the protagonists are replaced by large dots and an abstract voiceover is superimposed. The “Faceless” project is a poetic, philosophical and artistic interpretation of the idea of mass surveillance.

• Watch out! project by Maurice Benayoun (2002 FR)
  

wireless internet, video installation
The worldwide panopticom increases global exposure. Is Big Warcher b(r)othering us? Should we be afraid of being seen or should we enjoy the world's transparency as a way of proclaiming everyone's difference?
In Watch! out they are coming to see us from everywhere. Their on-screen scale gives them another meaning. These eyes no longer belong to the pedestrian spectators watching inside a box but instead resemble those of digital gods checking out the world.

• Access
  

“The content of ACCESS calls for awareness of the implications of surveillance, detection, celebrity, and their impact on society.”