With revenues of $36 billion in 2018, the global video surveillance market is growing exponentially, allowing for every mundane activity to be captured and made publicly accessible. Acclaimed artist Xu Bing reviewed thousands of hours of online surveillance videos and transformed this journey into a story about (in)visibility and today’s culture of permanent exposure.
I joined Xu Bing and Jennifer Lyn Morone in a panel discussion titled ‘No More Obscurity’ at the World Economic Forum 2019 Annual Meeting for New Champions (Summer Davos) in Dalian, China.
Using Xu Bing’s story as a backdrop, we discussed the impact of online surveillance on individual privacy and society as a whole in terms of pervasive monitoring.
Niel Harper 