John Evans and Mika Raento – think Merkitys and Jaiku, think hypercreative mobile craftsmen – and colleagues are onto another interesting project (link below).
It’s an interesting exploration into surveillance and exhibitionism, the balance between privacy and wanting to be seen.
Here are some photos of their adventures.
Link: Loca – About Loca.
Loca is a pervasive surveillance project that currently exploits Bluetooth technology. To best participate in the loca project you will need to set bluetooth to ‘discoverable’ on your cell phone.
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As pervasive surveillance is potentially both sinister and positive at the same time, Loca’s intent is both playful and serious. It aims to raise awareness of the networks we inhabit, and provoke people into questioning them.
Loca asks how do people respond to being tracked and observed? How ready are people to observe others? Who is the user, and how? Do we get fear of surveillance, disinterest, scopophobia or scopophilia? How does contextual data relate to people’s everyday experiences? What happens in-between physical, embodied space and the digital space of abstract data?
