In my thesis, I deal with the topic of surveillance. I touch on surveillance studies, from the historical Panopticon to the idea of modern surveillance capitalism. I identify changes in social dynamics and analyze the importance surveillance has in that. Surveillance is omnipresent and has a key influence on our existence, history, and development of society. It ultimately establishes and shapes new economic and political systems. Through theory, I build a basis for an installation which then opens up a field for reflection on the role of surveillance in the context of art. There is a conclusion that, perhaps, it is the artistic space in modern times that opens up the possibility of a leap from the role of the viewed to the role of the viewer.
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