ManuLuksch

TheFACELESSProject2002‐2008

TheFACELESSProject

interrogatesthecultureofsurveillanceby

redeployingauthenDcCCTVimagesrecorded

inLondon,themostsurveilledcityonEarth.

Theseimagesareheavilyinscribedbylaws

relaDngtoprivacyandfreedomofinformaDon,

andareineffect‘legalreadymades’.

InaddiDontoa50‐minutemanifesto‐driven

ficDonfilm,anumberofworksindifferent

mediahaveemergedfromtheprocessof

imageacquisDon.

1.  TheMistake(2008)

2.  ManifestoforCCTVFilmmakers(2002)

3.  MappingCCTVinWhitehall(2008)

4.  Iwishtoapply,undertheDataProtecDonAct,foranyandallCCTVimagesofmypersonheldwithinyoursystem.Iwaspresentat[place]fromapproximately[Dme]onwardson[date].(2006)

5.  Howtoanonymise(2003)

6.  FRAMED(2003)

7.  TheEye–choreographyforsurveilledspace(2005)

8.  TheEye–printediDon(2008)

9.  TheSpectralChildren(2006)

10.  Faceless(2007)

TheMistake(2008)

chalkwriDngsinpublicspace“ThemistakebeginswiththeintenDontobuycameraandtape”

AnadaptaDonoftheManifestobyJosephBeuys(1985)

ManifestoforCCTVFilmmakers(2002)

TheManifestodeclaresasetofrules,establisheseffecDveprocedures,andidenDfiesfurtherissuesforfilmmakersusingpre‐exisDngCCTV(surveillance)systemsasamediumintheUK.ThemanifestoisconstructedwithreferencetotheDataProtecDonAct1998andrelatedprivacylegislaDonthatgivesthesubjectsofdatarecords(includingCCTVfootage)accesstocopiesofthedata.Thefilmmaker'sstandardequipmentisthusredundant;indeed,itsuseisprohibited.

MappingCCTVinWhitehall(2008)

map;documentaDonvideo2minDVCAM/DVD

ThemapshowstheesDmatedrangeof300CCTVcameraswithintheSOCPA(SeriousandOrganizedCrimeACT)zoneinWhitehall.Theframeofonewirelesscamerawasmappedaccuratelyontothepavementby‘videosniffing’thesignal.

‘Iwishtoapply,undertheDataProtecDonAct,foranyandallCCTVimagesofmypersonheldwithinyoursystem.Iwaspresentat[place]fromapproximately[Dme]onwardson[date].’(2006)

setofthreeinkjetprintsinwoodenlightboxes,150x37cm

NarraDveexcerptsfromlenerswrinenbyCCTVoperatorsinresponsetosubjectdatarequests.TheDtleofthepieceistakenfromthearDsts'standardrequestlener.

Howtoanonymise(2003)

originaldocumentsprovidedbyadatacontrollerincompliancewiththeDataProtecDonAct(1998)UKandArDcle8oftheHumanRightsAct1998

TheinsDtuDondeliveredhardcopiesofeachoftheseveralhundredrelevantframesfromtheDme‐lapsecamera,withthirdparDes’headscutout,apparentlywithnailscissors.Twodocumentshad(accidentally?)slippedinbetweentheprintouts–onealenerfromajunioremployeetenderingherresignaDon(wasitconnectedwiththebeheadingjob?),andtheotheranironicmemo:‘Andthegoodnews–Ienclosethe£10feetobepassedtothebranchsundryincomeaccount.(HeadofSecurity,internalcommunicaDon09/2003)’

FRAMED(2003)

inkjetprints,300x91cm,uniqueediDon

FRAMED:THEMINISTRY,FRAMED:THETRANSPORTandFRAMED:THEMONEYareserialsDllsof‘faceless’CCTVrecordings.

TheEye–Choreographyforsurveilledspace(2005)

conceptofguerrillachoreographyforpublicspace;documentaDonvideo,DVCAM/DVD,7min

TheEye01:incollaboraDonwiththeBalletBoyz(MichaelNunn&WilliamTrevin)TheEye02:incollaboraDonwithAlluminaeDanceProjectThesite‐specificdancepiece,conceivedforaminimumof60performersandtobewatchedfromanelevatedpointofview,unfoldslikeakaleidoscope,whilerecordedbyCCTV.Thechoreography,ahumorousresponsetotheBusbyBerkeleyHollywoodrevuemovies,interveneswiththepanopDcqualiDesofthespacebytheactofreturningthegaze.

TheEye–printediDon(2008)

ediDonedbyLinsayCroallatPeacockVisualArts.EdiDonof12.59cmx69cmThescreenprintsarebasedonsDllsofTheEyeasfeaturedinthefilmFACELESS.

TheSpectralChildren(2006)

mulD‐screenvideoinstallaDon.setof4DVDs.15min.Dolby5.1sourroundsoundtrackbyMukul.VideoinstallaDonthatusesCCTVimagesobtainedundertheUKDataProtecDonActas'legalreadymades(objetstrouvés)'.FourscreenssimultaneouslyshowthestoryoftheSpectralChildrenfromthemulD‐angleviewoftheCCTVcontrolroom.

FACELESS(AT/UK2007)

afilmbyManuLuksch.voicebyTildaSwinton.50min.DigiBeta;Dolby5.1surroundsoundproducedundertherulesoftheManifestoforCCTVfilmmakers

Synopsis:Inaneerilyfamiliarcity,acalendarreformhasdispensedwiththepastandthefuture,leavingciDzensfaceless,withoutmemoryoranDcipaDon.Unimaginablehappinessabounds‐unDlawomanrecoversherface…

TheFACELESSProject:showsandscreenings

2008FONCTION / FICTION dazibao,centredephotographiesactuelles,MontrealHorsPistes08,CentrePompidou,ParisGOODMORNINGPARANOIAGalerieMoneetRouart,ParisTRANSMEDIALE08,HausderKulturen,Berlin ATLAS OF THE FUTURE CentrodiculturacontemporaneaapalazzostrozziFirenze5thBangkokExperimentalFilmFesDvalTeleportFärgfabriken,FärgfabrikenNorr,SwedenEXITfesDval,ParisRECODED,PeacockGallery,AberdeenFilmavantgardeundaktuelleVideosausÖsterreich,PHOENIXHalleDortmundLIFT,LondonDon'tYou#$&ingLookAtMe!Surveillanceinthe21stCentury,911SeanleMediaArtsCenter,28thCambridgeFilmFesDval17.dokumentART,NeubrandenburgHorsPistes2008,IstanbulModern

2007QuoDdiensouscontrôle,LaLiguedesdroitsdel’Homme,Bruxelles10thJONCTIONFesDval,BruxellesBBCRadio3FesDvalofFreeThinking.LiverpoolGalerieimTaxispalais,InnsbruckGoodbyePrivacy–ArsElectronica,LinzENTER_UnknownTerritories,CambridgeDEAF07,RonerdamDigitallyYours,AboaVetus&ArsNovamuseum,TurkupixelACHE2007,HelinkiDIAGONALE07,GrazHinterdenZeichen,MedienkunstLabor/KunstHausGrazGalleryBarryKeldoulis,Sydney

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