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Research, interactivity and new media art

Surveillance Kronstadt

Kronstadt_Ricardo Iglesias

Kronstadt00Kronstadt01Surveillance Kronstadt (2013)

– Are we really aware that we are being watched ?
– Yes, but we tend to forget this fact. However, the cameras never forget the fact that they are there watching us .
Control Panel . Interview with Bill Brown ( Surveillance Camera Players ).

Concept
The politics of fear, instigated and legalized since the attacks of 9/11 are leading to a normalization of repressive formats and even his inteorización.
The extension of social control is always done for “ our own safety “ and the emergence of new technologies puts us into new areas of ideological control.

Kronstadt is a Russian port city, on the island of Kotlin, 30 km. west of St. Petersburg. The General Command of the Russian Federation Navy and the Russian General Base Baltic Fleet are located on the island, due to its strategic location in the defense of the city of St. Petersburg.

Project
Because of the large number of surveillance cameras spread across the city and surrounding area, I decided to register them on an interactive Google map.