How do modern artists react to the surveillance of public space?
Modern artists can use their creative and subversive acts to not only criticize surveillance society but change the norm by which judgements are made. Surveillance has its roots in the psychological structures of self-regulation through the fear of being seen and the desire to be governed1 These mental boundaries restrict personal choices2 therefore creative behaviours are limited to what is accepted to be normal. Abnormality is the target of surveillance as it has the potential to push or break the boundaries as dictated by law or society. Through Foucault’s writings on the panoptic society in “Discipline and Punish”3 and the playful performances of the Surveillance Camera Players the physical and mental obstacles which are dealt to us will be clarified. And through Richard Linklater’s film “A Scanner Darkly”4Reference?, the duality of modern experiences is explored through our relationship with power and autonomy in an uncertain world.Surveillance in the 21st Century can be found eve
