Open AccessPara-Sights: Multiplied Perspectives on Surveillance Research in Art Educational Spaces
Author(s) -
Robert W. Sweeny
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
surveillance and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1477-7487
DOI - 10.24908/ss.v3i2/3.3504
Subject(s) - sight , sociology , power (physics) , the arts , visual arts , computer science , art , optics , physics , quantum mechanics
In this paper the author outlines multiple approaches regarding surveillance research in the visual arts and art education. The notion of the parasite is used to diagram power relationships that are addressed by visual artists and activists engaged with the mechanisms of both surveillance and dataveillance. These parasitic practices are then compared with actions from art educational spaces, allowing for the surveillance that is inherent to pedagogy to be analyzed and critiqued.