Smile
Smile (2021)
Concept
Currently we find ourselves with a continuous accumulation of private and public data by different technological systems, among other applications, we could affirm that one of its main interests is the recording of our physical movements in urban environments. The approach of “Smart cities” or intelligent cities as objective intelligent optimization of the spatial functioning of cities can be quickly extended towards big brother or little sister concepts, where any individual can be subject to personalized and continuous control of their own existence. We could paraphrase that “technology” is neither created nor destroyed, it is only transformed, in this way the massive taking of data can become the massive control of data and its interested “reuse” by large corporations, states, multinationals , etc.
Project
The piece “Simle” tries to focus on this problem. Planted as a piece in situ for the city of Zaragoza, the transit of vehicles and people in public space has been recorded, from an overhead view of a control camera. These transits are recorded and mixed with texts and graphics of warning signs for video surveillance areas, where it is always noted that “you are being recorded” and therefore under control.
- Academia Fachada 2022. Etopia Centro de Arte y Tecnología, Zaragoza, 2022.
