Closed circuit television

towards an aesthetics of monitoring and surveillance

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.v19i29.43540

Keywords:

videoarte, instalação, videoinstalação, CFTV

Abstract

The essay aims to analyze the constitution of images generated by Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) as elements of videoart, starting from its beginnings in the 1970s. It examines works such as Live-Taped Video Corridor (1970) and Four Corner Piece (1971) by Bruce Nauman, as well as Observation of observation: indeterminacy (1973) by Peter Weibel. The focus is on understanding the process of image formation by these devices and their implications as real/virtual blocking mechanisms related to insecurity and fear, within the context of a well-established industry we supposed to exist, that is socially and culturally constructed. In dialogue with the artists, the essay draws on the dialogue with a text about video and narcissism (1976) by Rosalind Krauss and the theoretical concepts of disciplinary society by Michel Foucault and control society by Gilles Deleuze, in order to explore this apparatus that generates images in the art field, which diverges from its conventional use in public and private spaces as a tool for protection and security.

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Author Biography

André Arçari, PPGAV-EBA/UFRJ

Visual artist and researcher, PhD candidate in Visual Languages from the Postgraduate Program in Visual Arts – School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PPGAV-EBA / UFRJ) with a CAPES scholarship. His recent research investigates image theories with an emphasis on thinking about convergence between the fields of photography, film and video.

References

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FOUCAULT, Michel. Vigiar e punir: nascimento da prisão. Petrópolis: Vozes, 1987.

KRAUSS, Rosalind. Vídeo: a estética do narcisismo. In: Arte & Ensaios nº 16. Rio de Janeiro: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes Visuais / Escola de Belas Artes, UFRJ, 2008, pp. 145-157.

ZBIKOWSKI, Dörte. Bruce Nauman. In: LEVIN, Thomas Y.; FROHNE, Ursula; WEIBEL, Peter (Orgs.). CTRL[SPACE]: Rhetorics of Surveillance from Bentham to Big Brother. Karlsruhe: Zentrum für Kunst und Medien; Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002, pp. 64-67.

MARTIN, Sylvia; GROSENICK, Uta (Orgs). Video art. Colônia: Taschen, 2006.

WEIBEL, Peter. Mediendichtung: Arbeiten in den medien Sprache, Schrift, Papier, Stein, Foto, Ton, Film und Video aus zwanzig Jahren. In: Protokolle - Zeitschrift für Literatur, bildende Kunst und Musik nº 2. Viena; Munique: Verlag Jugend und Volk, 1982.

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Published

20-02-2024

How to Cite

Arçari, A. (2024). Closed circuit television: towards an aesthetics of monitoring and surveillance. Farol, 19(29), 36–46. https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.v19i29.43540

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 29 (2023)

Section

Seção Temática

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