In relation to our next topic on surveillance, control and the body, there is an article on BBC:
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The course will focus on the relation of art and emerging technologies for art production since the 1960’s. Through examining different forms of media art -- such as video, television, performance and digital art, we will address the ways in which such technologies have transformed the production, reception and interpretation of art.
Antonio Muntadas, The File Room
Honestly, I find it disturbing to have to pass "naked" infront of a stranger (security guard) just so he can make sure that i don't have any explosives or dangerous weapons on me. Being "patted-down" is tolerable and understandable, but this is too much.
ReplyDeleteWe might as well walk around naked to make things easier for everyone. It's funny because as we advance technologically, it's almost like we're retreating intellectually.
This to an extent reminded me of the Mulvey reading of the relationship between the voyeur and the exhibitionist. For example if one passenger decided to randomly perform in front of the "naked" monitor...etc.
ReplyDeleteHowever I also think that even if the images in and of themselves are no pornographic and even if they are deleted as soon as the passenger is scanned, the objectivity of the photos "eroticism" depends on the guard on duty. Where for one guard this is his job, for another it might represent an opportunity at achieving an innermost fantasy. So who is to say whether the images are sexual or aren't? And knowing one may be embodying someone else fantasy, would one still be comfortable passing through the scanner. I suppose it depends on the person.
In my case, I would be entirely too paranoid to pass through the scanner.