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Marie Sester «Access» | Ars Electronica, 2003
Marie Sester, «Access», 2003
Ars Electronica, 2003 | Photograph: Marie Sester | © Marie Sester


 
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Categories: Internet

Keywords: Tactical Media | Surveillance

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France | Participants: Justin Cormack, Seth Erickson, Michael Naimark, Josh Rooke-Ley, Tarikh Korula, Headlong Dance Theater, Ann Poochareon, Mark Argo, Defne Ayas, Shawn Van Every, Meredith Finkelstein, Evan Raskob, Jeffrey Galusha, Alyssa Wright, Kevin Feeley, Dan Moss, Junk | Edition / Production: Co-produced with ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (D); supported by Eyebeam (New York, USA) and by the Creative Capital Foundation (New York, USA).
 

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 Marie Sester
«Access»

Sester’s «Access,» (2003) lets Web site users anonymously track individuals in public spaces by pursuing them with a robotic spotlight. While it has primarily been shown in the entries of cultural buildings and events, such the Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris, «Access» perfectly identifies the lobby as a liminal zone in which public discourse can be acted out but which is often tracked and scrutinized and, ultimately, chased away.

 

Steve Dietz