SURVEILLANCE CHESS (2012) Hijacking CCTV Cameras in London ___________________________________________________________
Equipped with an interfering transmitter !Mediengruppe Bitnik hacks surveillance cameras in pre-Olympic London and assumes control. The artist collective replaces real-time surveillance images with an invitation to play a game of chess. The security staff's surveillance monitor located in the control room becomes a game console. HTTP://CHESS.BITNIK.ORG ___________________________________________________________ __________________________ ________________ __________________ London. On the brink of the Olympic Games. A tube station in one of the most surveilled public spaces in the world. !Mediengruppe Bitnik intercepts the signal of a surveillance camera: Business people making their way to the Underground, a man in a suit looking for the right exit. From the left, a woman with a yellow suitcase walks into the frame of the surveillance camera. She opens her suitcase and activates a switch. This is the moment when Bitnik takes over. The CCTV operator experiences total loss of control. The surveillance image drops out, a chess board appears on the surveillance monitor and a voice from the loudspeakers says: «I am controlling your CCTV camera now. I am the one with the yellow suitcase.» The image jumps back to the woman with the yellow suitcase. Then the image switches to the chess board.«How about a game of chess?», the voice asks. «You are white. I am black. Call me or text me to make your move. This is my number: 07582460851.» ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ SURVEILLANCE CHESS - THE VIDEO http://chess.bitnik.org ABOUT http://chess.bitnik.org/about.html WATCH THE VIDEO ON VIMEO http://vimeo.com/46236909 WITH LOVE FROM ZURICH. !Mediengruppe Bitnik -- .###### ### ####### # # ### # # ####### ###### ##### .#... #..# ....#.. .## .# .# .# .# .#.....#.#.....#.#.....# .# # .# .# .# # .# .# .# .# .# .#.# #.# .###### .# .# .# .# .# .# .### .# .#.###### .# #### .# ... # .# .# .# .# # .# .# .# .# .#.#...# .# ....# .# # .# .# .# .## .# .# .# .###.# .#.# .# .# .# .######. ### .# .# .# ###.# .#.###.#######.# .# .#### ..... ... .. .. . ... . .... ....... . . ..... !Mediengruppe Bitnik - http://errrrrrrrror.bitnik.org/ -- Other Info: Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network http://www.furtherfield.org - for art, technology and social change since 1997 Also - Furtherfield Gallery& Social Space: http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery About Furtherfield: http://www.furtherfield.org/content/about Netbehaviour - Networked Artists List Community. http://www.netbehaviour.org http://identi.ca/furtherfield http://twitter.com/furtherfield _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
