Critical Writing Index

Peep Art: Two Canadians and the new surveillance art

by Hal Niedzviecki

Canadian Art, Spring 2009, v. 26, no. 1, pp. 46 - 50

This article discusses artists who work with surveillance and self-surveillance technology, and the social critique and ramifications of such works. Michelle Teran and Dean Baldwin are used as case studies.

This essay is derived from author's book: The Peep Diaries: How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors.

ITEM 2009.010 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Address Book – Sophie Calle

sousveillance – Steve Mann

The Cradle Will Fall – Michelle Teran

Attempt at an Inventory – Dean Baldwin

Kitchen Sink Arrangements – Dean Baldwin

Friluftskino: Experiments in Open Air Surveillance Cinema – Michelle Teran

Life: A User's Manual – Michelle Teran

Baghdad Cafe – Michelle Teran

Alarm Clock Self-Portraits – Dean Baldwin

Food I've Left in the Fridge Too Long – Dean Baldwin