Title

Nest 05

Description

For several years, Geltner's been making various European cities "safer" with his Nest series. In addition to surveillance gulls, he's done clusters of satellite dishes and installed stray cameras in random spots in public space. Geltner's work focuses on the ever growing presence of cameras in cities, letting viewers decide whether or not that presence is desirable. Nest 05 was unveiled at Sculpture by the Sea 2015 in the Danish town of Aarhus. Unlike earlier Nests, this time he confined the cameras to the edges of a rock formation in the sea, each with its lens focused on something else. The resulting combination of saltwater and surveillance isn't reassuring as much as it lends itself to a greater feeling of insecurity. Even in this place, where you might have once sequestered, you're being watched.

Creator

Jakub Geltner

Date

2015

Type

installation

Medium

surveillance cameras

Subject

information technology

art interventions

Source

Vice article

Extent

variable

place of creation

Denmark

Is Part Of

Nests