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The Kinoki-Pi-Project is seeking for a medial interface between esthetic meditation and systematic surveillance of society. Therefore we will create and use different artifacts to deal with the meaning of visual observation in urban spaces and landscapes. | The Kinoki-Pi-Project is seeking for a medial interface between esthetic meditation and systematic surveillance of society. Therefore we will create and use different artifacts to deal with the meaning of visual observation in urban spaces and landscapes. | ||
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The Project is based on the idea of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dziga_Vertov#Cine-Eye Kinoglaz] described by Dziga Vertov in the quotation at the beginning. The mechanical eye of an camera as an objective perspective on an environment detached from the bodily limitation and capacity of the human and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticism panopticon] as the perfect apparatus of social surveillance Michel Foucault describes in „Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison” | The Project is based on the idea of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dziga_Vertov#Cine-Eye Kinoglaz] described by Dziga Vertov in the quotation at the beginning. The mechanical eye of an camera as an objective perspective on an environment detached from the bodily limitation and capacity of the human and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticism panopticon] as the perfect apparatus of social surveillance Michel Foucault describes in „Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison” | ||