RE this video DOCUMENTED incident of mine from THURSDAY 3rd MAR 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tscA6LIjqw
some knobhead over on a discussion thread I started
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1444721
says....
QUOTE digitalspy forum member skp20040;48534586 ....
"Exactly, what does it mean, are you really interested in old speakers or was it to see the reaction ?
Speakers are located usually up high , it would look odd to see a lone person filiming fixtures at height in a station for no reason and without prior consent.
Also if old speakers were a passion of yours I would have expected to see mention in at least one of your posts on the forum, having checked there isnt one ?" ...... end his QUOTE
TO WHICH I REPLIED, as BIOMORPH04 ....
..... as I've already stated. I was photographing public speakers for a new creative idea that came to me just the night before and that I'm very excited about.
Up till then I'd had a lovely day walking and photographing other speakers systems in the steet all the way from Hackney to Kings Cross.
I'd already taken very overt pics INSIDE ANGEL TUBE, of their flush ceiling mounted speakers WITH ZERO INTERFERENCE.
I was having a lovely and productive and fulfilling day.
I had NO preconceived idea to get into confrontation. I also did not want my enjoyable day taking photos unnecessarily interrupted.
There is simply NO excuse for the CSO's absurd pettiness.
Initially I even ignored them. I heard them behind me saying "hello" "excuse me" and I smiled and carried on photographing the old public street located loudspeakers.
Then I heard them ask something like: do I work for National Rail or whatever it's called? I replied "No" and I carried on photographing. Why wouldn't why? I wasn't do anything wrong?
And THEN they insisted on stopping me, and it was at that moment I had the foresight to turn the video on and document most of the ongoing situation.
Immediately afterwards I walked directly in ST Pancras international station just over the road and continued with my photography uninterrupted. I also then walked to Warren st tube and was not interrupted while overtly photographing ALL their street located speakers.
THEN i walked around inside a big shop, PC world, and overtly took loads more fab pics for my project, with nobody disruputing me. AND DO YOU KNOW WHY NOBODY STOPPED ME? BECAUSE IT"S THE SODDING 21ST CENTURY plus I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG.
It's also kind of ironic. As people go on and on about getting away from our screens and going outdoors.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I ENJOY DOING BOTH. LOTS. So just let me get on with it please. No petty nonsense thank you very much.
plus as I've also already stated: MY PARENTS BROUGHT ME UP TO QUESTION EVERYTHING :)
Meanwhile, on the general topic of privatised public space and our COMMONS etc .... you might be interested in my opinion piece from last Sunday, 27 Feb, in free local the Hackney Citizen. I'm dead pleased with it.
http://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2011/02/27/hackney-downs-our-common-wealth/
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04 July 2010
it REALLY REALLY is TIME for SCOTLAND to RELEASE STEPHEN GOUGH
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28 May 2010
EQUIVEILLANCE
"The teaching of certain thoughts and ideas has often been regarded as a crime. And, since Roman times, certain kinds of what we might like to call Free Speech have been regarded as crime."
"But not only is speaking often prohibited, sometimes so is taking notes, or remembering what is spoken."
"At the WTO meetings in Washington for instance, police orders heard over the police radio requested the seizing or destruction of reporters' written notes, and many instances of attempted willful destruction of photographic and video evidence have been perpetrated by both the police, the military, and by others."
Sousveillance can be understood by the following simple experiment:
1- enter the regime;
2- ask them why they have surveillance cameras there;
3- accept a typical response such as "Why are you so paranoid? Only criminals and terrorists are afraid of cameras.";
4- photograph the respondent;
5- observe reaction.
"But not only is speaking often prohibited, sometimes so is taking notes, or remembering what is spoken."
"At the WTO meetings in Washington for instance, police orders heard over the police radio requested the seizing or destruction of reporters' written notes, and many instances of attempted willful destruction of photographic and video evidence have been perpetrated by both the police, the military, and by others."
Sousveillance can be understood by the following simple experiment:
1- enter the regime;
2- ask them why they have surveillance cameras there;
3- accept a typical response such as "Why are you so paranoid? Only criminals and terrorists are afraid of cameras.";
4- photograph the respondent;
5- observe reaction.
21 May 2010
FREE RANGE CHILDREN
Take your kids to the park, and leave them there
A New York writer has caused a storm by encouraging parents to leave their kids in parks tomorrow.
Lenore Skenazy, who was branded ‘America’s Worst Mom’ after she wrote in the New York Post about letting her nine-year-old son ride the NY subway alone, has declared this Saturday to be the first-ever ‘Take Our Children To The Park And Leave Them There’ day. She has been caught up in a maelstrom of media attention since she announced the ‘holiday’ on her Free Range Kids website last week. Here, she explains why she’s doing it.
A New York writer has caused a storm by encouraging parents to leave their kids in parks tomorrow.
Lenore Skenazy, who was branded ‘America’s Worst Mom’ after she wrote in the New York Post about letting her nine-year-old son ride the NY subway alone, has declared this Saturday to be the first-ever ‘Take Our Children To The Park And Leave Them There’ day. She has been caught up in a maelstrom of media attention since she announced the ‘holiday’ on her Free Range Kids website last week. Here, she explains why she’s doing it.
19 January 2010
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA THEATRE
Playing to the cameras.
Entertaining the watchers.
Real reality TV.
Re-engaging with our imaginations and going outside to play in the streets again.
Non-violent re-appropriation of our public spaces. etc
The Surveillance Camera Players have some suggestions:
http://www.notbored.org/the-scp.html
Entertaining the watchers.
Real reality TV.
Re-engaging with our imaginations and going outside to play in the streets again.
Non-violent re-appropriation of our public spaces. etc
The Surveillance Camera Players have some suggestions:
http://www.notbored.org/the-scp.html
22 November 2009
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