Surveillance Speaker V3, 2018-2024

This work is intended exclusively for exhibition purposes and is a form of expression within the creative vision of the artist. It is not designed for practical use in surveillance or monitoring. All recordings and data made by this installation are stored locally and kept for a maximum of 10 minutes before being permanently deleted.

There are surveillance cameras all over the world. They are often so familiar that we no longer see them. They are there for our safety, so they say. So we put up with this continuous form of control.

The two works Surveillance Speaker V3 (2018-2024) make you aware that someone is watching you. A surveillance camera mounted on a high pole focuses on you. Using artificial intelligence, it gives spoken feedback on what it observes.The loudspeakers boom: ‘I see …’.

Then let the games begin! Perhaps you'll change your behavior based on what the camera sees and says? Is the camera challenging you, or is it the other way around? The work makes the impact of your behaviour visible and audible to everyone. You shift from being a passive subject to becoming an active player. It’s up to you to ignore the game ... or jump right in.

In another variant of this work, it is sometimes not the camera but the artist himself who gives a live description of what is happening. In the other case, it concerns a machine that interprets the camera image assisted by AI. Does it make a difference to you?

Numbers 16 and 31 on the map.