PUBlicIMAGEenING

project PUBlicIMAGenING deals with re-factoring of surveillance video systems from its current surveillance and anti/counter critique to an observation and commons oriented setup. Research is set out to articulate and investigate processes of (hegemonic) image acquisition done through video surveillance (through it's technical design, aesthetics and economic/power relations). It is set to do so in order to meet the urgent need for setup of systemic observation installations in public spaces (with openly accessible images), benefiting general public (empowering activists, academics, urbanists, researchers, designers, artists, performers and all sorts of enthusiasts of urban living discoveries...)

The project will aim to establish a discourse of a proactive engagement also through designing a prototype media system for the collective production of observation images of public space (over a long time periods), producing visual material that would support different perception modes (focused on subtle environmental changes).
Promoting and engaging with this discourse in public space (with posters and installations) and in an academic environment (publications, events).
Production aspects of the project (dependant on external support) are set to experiment with slow-cam setups and development of a website that would document/support project development and tools as CompilingMovies as integrated visual media.