Videocity visits FLUC

Artists: Yana Bachynska, Sergey Bratkov, Marina Dykukha, Olia Fedorova, Maksym Khodak, Mykola Ridnyi.

 

Curators: Andrea Domesle, Walter Seidl.

DJs: u&me4ever: Stefan Geissler & Walter Seidl.

You are being watched. Whether by another’s gaze or an artificial lens, rarely a moment goes by uncaptured in today’s world. The visual information we receive profoundly shapes our worldviews yet is infallibly susceptible to our own subjective experiences and beliefs. Our understanding of sight and its relation to our beings has only been complicated by digital immediacy and the prevalence of technology. What was once a question of reality phrased in relation to not being seen, is now phrased in relation to not being documented, as being “seen” has taken on a completely new meaning in the wake of personal cameras, surveillance devices and digital media platforms. Technology has not only duplicated the realms of our existence, the physical and the digital, but it has also proliferated questions of consent and ethics. Most profoundly, it has left us wondering whether the consent to being susceptible to the “public eye” also extends to being subjected to CCTV cameras and other surveillance measures, and whether such surveillance measures are conscionable to begin with. “eye_view,” the theme of the evening depicts the multifarious “Big Brother” situations that have subtly emerged in our physical and digital lives. Getting away from this reality is also no longer possible with regard to a “Big Sister” situation.