Discussion

Ideas:

Observer/Observed -

How we look, watch (the person behind the camera) what are they focusing in on? why? what are they showing?

Seeing from a different point of viewing - whether it's following an unsuspecting subject and the images are blurred adds a pace or motion to the images.

Who is being observed? Why? What are they doing? Do they notice their being watched? What are their reactions or behaviour?

Methods: Spying, detective, surveillance, forensics, following, collecting information, stalking, approaching/questioning.

Watching life pass by, journey. Catching an event accidentally (witness).

Public and Private -

In regards to bodies, identities, actions and so on.

Looking a places, spaces and settings. Does being in a specific location suggest how one acts/behaves? Does this influence how they are viewed, are we seeing their true identity?

People act, display, perform in different ways according to different situations and places.

What is regarded public? private? SPHERES = Raises questions about intrusion on identity, individuality our personal freedoms especially our personal space.

How does distance change the dynamic between the observer and the observed? Are we intruding if we look for a distance and don't interact?

Society, culture and media: has this changed what is regarded as public or private?

How to look/view. What about constricted viewing, what does this change to what extent.

Something different. A spectacle -

A spectacle is a public body, out in the open for it to be viewed/seen.

Something different, unusual, doesn't blend in.
Appearing visually different.
Standing out of the crowd.

Your on show, is this a true reflection of self or a show? display for others to see. It has been carefully crafted made up to appear in a certain way.

Identity -

How do we find out about others? How do we identify each other.

Curiosity, fascination and voyeurism.