Kira Hammond

This work is an interactive sculpture depicting the issues surrounding public privacy, whilst also exploring the ethics and morality within surveillance in public places. Inspired by the phrase “Big Brother’s watching you” by George Orwell, I used videography to capture visuals of moving eyes to represent the paranoia of being watched. Meanwhile, the use of analogue television sets represents similar screens used in security rooms.

Watch me, watch you raises awareness of the extensive use of visual surveillance both in-person and online. A hollowedout television case with a live recording camera fed to a reciprocal screen is continually watching the audience