<taystes_room> 2001 by Jenny Marketou

<taystes_room> is an ongoing interdisciplinary project which consists of an installation and a web component. <taystes_room> investigates the transparency and the proliferation of internet-based monitoring systems such as webcams , surveillance cameras , security and CCTV in our daily lives. My intention in <taystes_room> is to examine the diffusion between private and public, reality and fantasy in our culture and to explore the increasingly networked surveillance of the voyeur. By taking the approach of reverse engineering I am re(translating) the abstract data obtained from webcams, surveillance cameras and users information on the internet back into the social space of the <room> by means of architecture, light, sound and internet.

THE INSTALLATION

< taystes_room > is designed as an elaborate voyeuristic cluster of six individual hubs covered with mirrors .Each hub is equipped with LCD screen and a computers and all six create an environment which transports the visitor into a shimmering atmosphere and displaced voyeuristic experience.
The <room> as an intimate space is no longer intimate .It is monitored and codified under the sign of surveillance.There is a psychology and visceral response in that transitional space of <taystes_room> which is uncomfortable and feels uncomfortable and conveys anxiety by means of control. Due to the nature of the <room> the viewers can participate by simply being there as part of the <room> or and they can interact with the web component.

<taystes_room> #1 BROKEN CHANNEL, 2001,Cornerhouse Gallery, photos:Futuresonic 01

3D installation design by Andreas Angelidakis

<taystes_room> #2 PLEASE IDENTIFY, 2002 , ESC IM LABOR,photos by Ales Zemene