V-A-C Foundation presents IK 00: The spaces of confinement at Casa dei Tre Oci The British philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham created plans for a circular prison building he called a ‘Panopticon.’ Its principle, based on the hyper-visibility of the prisoners in contrast to the invisible gaze of their warden concealed within the tower, was expanded on by Michel Foucault to consider relationships between power and knowledge. The film by Harun Farocki, Prison Images, uses the documenting devices of surveillance systems themselves as his medium, together with individual electronic ankle bracelets and tracking devices, to demystify something of the interiority of both the segregated spaces of prisons and those held within them. e-flux/announcements/ik-00-the-spaces-of-confinement-at-casa-dei-tre-oci-venice/
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 00:46:21 +0000
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