Manu Luksch The FACELESS Project - ambientTV.NETambienttv.net/pdf/facelessproject.pdf · The FACELESS Project ... from leers wrien by CCTV operators in response to subject data requests.

ManuLuksch

TheFACELESSProject2002‐2008

TheFACELESSProject

interrogatesthecultureofsurveillanceby

redeployingauthenDcCCTVimagesrecorded

inLondon,themostsurveilledcityonEarth.

Theseimagesareheavilyinscribedbylaws

relaDngtoprivacyandfreedomofinformaDon,

andareineffect‘legalreadymades’.

InaddiDontoa50‐minutemanifesto‐driven

ficDonfilm,anumberofworksindifferent

mediahaveemergedfromtheprocessof

imageacquisDon.

1.  TheMistake(2008)

2.  ManifestoforCCTVFilmmakers(2002)

3.  MappingCCTVinWhitehall(2008)

4.  Iwishtoapply,undertheDataProtecDonAct,foranyandallCCTVimagesofmypersonheldwithinyoursystem.Iwaspresentat[place]fromapproximately[Dme]onwardson[date].(2006)

5.  Howtoanonymise(2003)

6.  FRAMED(2003)

7.  TheEye–choreographyforsurveilledspace(2005)

8.  TheEye–printediDon(2008)

9.  TheSpectralChildren(2006)

10.  Faceless(2007)

TheMistake(2008)

chalkwriDngsinpublicspace“ThemistakebeginswiththeintenDontobuycameraandtape”

AnadaptaDonoftheManifestobyJosephBeuys(1985)

ManifestoforCCTVFilmmakers(2002)

TheManifestodeclaresasetofrules,establisheseffecDveprocedures,andidenDfiesfurtherissuesforfilmmakersusingpre‐exisDngCCTV(surveillance)systemsasamediumintheUK.ThemanifestoisconstructedwithreferencetotheDataProtecDonAct1998andrelatedprivacylegislaDonthatgivesthesubjectsofdatarecords(includingCCTVfootage)accesstocopiesofthedata.Thefilmmaker'sstandardequipmentisthusredundant;indeed,itsuseisprohibited.

MappingCCTVinWhitehall(2008)

map;documentaDonvideo2minDVCAM/DVD

ThemapshowstheesDmatedrangeof300CCTVcameraswithintheSOCPA(SeriousandOrganizedCrimeACT)zoneinWhitehall.Theframeofonewirelesscamerawasmappedaccuratelyontothepavementby‘videosniffing’thesignal.

‘Iwishtoapply,undertheDataProtecDonAct,foranyandallCCTVimagesofmypersonheldwithinyoursystem.Iwaspresentat[place]fromapproximately[Dme]onwardson[date].’(2006)

setofthreeinkjetprintsinwoodenlightboxes,150x37cm

NarraDveexcerptsfromlenerswrinenbyCCTVoperatorsinresponsetosubjectdatarequests.TheDtleofthepieceistakenfromthearDsts'standardrequestlener.

Howtoanonymise(2003)

originaldocumentsprovidedbyadatacontrollerincompliancewiththeDataProtecDonAct(1998)UKandArDcle8oftheHumanRightsAct1998

TheinsDtuDondeliveredhardcopiesofeachoftheseveralhundredrelevantframesfromtheDme‐lapsecamera,withthirdparDes’headscutout,apparentlywithnailscissors.Twodocumentshad(accidentally?)slippedinbetweentheprintouts–onealenerfromajunioremployeetenderingherresignaDon(wasitconnectedwiththebeheadingjob?),andtheotheranironicmemo:‘Andthegoodnews–Ienclosethe£10feetobepassedtothebranchsundryincomeaccount.(HeadofSecurity,internalcommunicaDon09/2003)’

FRAMED(2003)

inkjetprints,300x91cm,uniqueediDon

FRAMED:THEMINISTRY,FRAMED:THETRANSPORTandFRAMED:THEMONEYareserialsDllsof‘faceless’CCTVrecordings.

TheEye–Choreographyforsurveilledspace(2005)

conceptofguerrillachoreographyforpublicspace;documentaDonvideo,DVCAM/DVD,7min

TheEye01:incollaboraDonwiththeBalletBoyz(MichaelNunn&WilliamTrevin)TheEye02:incollaboraDonwithAlluminaeDanceProjectThesite‐specificdancepiece,conceivedforaminimumof60performersandtobewatchedfromanelevatedpointofview,unfoldslikeakaleidoscope,whilerecordedbyCCTV.Thechoreography,ahumorousresponsetotheBusbyBerkeleyHollywoodrevuemovies,interveneswiththepanopDcqualiDesofthespacebytheactofreturningthegaze.

TheEye–printediDon(2008)

ediDonedbyLinsayCroallatPeacockVisualArts.EdiDonof12.59cmx69cmThescreenprintsarebasedonsDllsofTheEyeasfeaturedinthefilmFACELESS.

TheSpectralChildren(2006)

mulD‐screenvideoinstallaDon.setof4DVDs.15min.Dolby5.1sourroundsoundtrackbyMukul.VideoinstallaDonthatusesCCTVimagesobtainedundertheUKDataProtecDonActas'legalreadymades(objetstrouvés)'.FourscreenssimultaneouslyshowthestoryoftheSpectralChildrenfromthemulD‐angleviewoftheCCTVcontrolroom.

FACELESS(AT/UK2007)

afilmbyManuLuksch.voicebyTildaSwinton.50min.DigiBeta;Dolby5.1surroundsoundproducedundertherulesoftheManifestoforCCTVfilmmakers

Synopsis:Inaneerilyfamiliarcity,acalendarreformhasdispensedwiththepastandthefuture,leavingciDzensfaceless,withoutmemoryoranDcipaDon.Unimaginablehappinessabounds‐unDlawomanrecoversherface…

TheFACELESSProject:showsandscreenings

2008FONCTION / FICTION dazibao,centredephotographiesactuelles,MontrealHorsPistes08,CentrePompidou,ParisGOODMORNINGPARANOIAGalerieMoneetRouart,ParisTRANSMEDIALE08,HausderKulturen,Berlin ATLAS OF THE FUTURE CentrodiculturacontemporaneaapalazzostrozziFirenze5thBangkokExperimentalFilmFesDvalTeleportFärgfabriken,FärgfabrikenNorr,SwedenEXITfesDval,ParisRECODED,PeacockGallery,AberdeenFilmavantgardeundaktuelleVideosausÖsterreich,PHOENIXHalleDortmundLIFT,LondonDon'tYou#$&ingLookAtMe!Surveillanceinthe21stCentury,911SeanleMediaArtsCenter,28thCambridgeFilmFesDval17.dokumentART,NeubrandenburgHorsPistes2008,IstanbulModern

2007QuoDdiensouscontrôle,LaLiguedesdroitsdel’Homme,Bruxelles10thJONCTIONFesDval,BruxellesBBCRadio3FesDvalofFreeThinking.LiverpoolGalerieimTaxispalais,InnsbruckGoodbyePrivacy–ArsElectronica,LinzENTER_UnknownTerritories,CambridgeDEAF07,RonerdamDigitallyYours,AboaVetus&ArsNovamuseum,TurkupixelACHE2007,HelinkiDIAGONALE07,GrazHinterdenZeichen,MedienkunstLabor/KunstHausGrazGalleryBarryKeldoulis,Sydney

contact: info @ ambientTV.NET