Peter Weibel: Observing observation: Uncertainty, The Guard as Bandit, The Panoptic Society or Immortally in Love with Death
CTRL SPACE, 2002, pp. 74-79
Karlsruhe: ZKM, 2002
This article details 3 of Peter Weibel's installation works. Weibel's earlier works use the closed circuit monitor as a way of revealing the inherent limits of observation, and the threatening, or violent nature of observation as control. In his latest work the Panoptic Society or Immortally in Love with Death-- a fictitious prisoner uses the surveillance tactics of the state as a way to turn his existence into a public spectacle.
ITEM 2002.081 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Observing Observation: Uncertainty – Peter Weibel
The Guard as Bandit – Peter Weibel
The Panoptic Society or Immortally in Love with Death – Peter Weibel