Critical Writing Index

Sorting Daemons

by Jan Allen

Sorting Daemons: Art, Surveillance Regimes and Social Control, pp. 9-29

Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Co-Curator Jan Allen discusses the nine artworks and artists included in the exhibition Sorting Daemons: Art, Surveillance Regimes and Social Control, whose aim is to highlight current themes and impulses as well as to "... touch upon the theatre of public spaces, physical and virtual...". Expanding surveillance practices and mechanisms are a central theme and Allen's critically informed essay discusses how the artists in the show "explore facets of surveillance as a social mechanism" and "describe an emerging matrix of surveillance culture." Artists include: Arnold Koroshegyi, Germaine Koh and Ian Verchere, Antonia Hirsch, David Rokeby, Kathleen Ritter, Jill Magid, Dave Kemp, Michael Lewis and Cheryl Sourkes.

ITEM 2010.030 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

RuptureArnold Koroshegyi

Broken Arrow, Version 2Germaine Koh

Broken Arrow, Version 2Ian Verchere

the invisible hand (after Adam Smith)Antonia Hirsch

Sorting DaemonDavid Rokeby

Hidden CameraKathleen Ritter

Evidence Locker: TrustJill Magid

Data CollectionDave Kemp

Some will take more prodding. Others will be more difficult.Michael Lewis

Cam CitiesCheryl Sourkes