Spolus
Spolus
Martin Kermes' installation exists across real space and the networked space. People lined up at a Prague tram station are filmed by a surveillance camera whose footage is published in real time on a website, where selected, literally framed individuals are tagged with text captions by internauts. Displayed like Post-It notes, the images and comments are then shown on a large screen opposite the station, allowing current tram waiters to view projections of the preceding queue of commuters. This provokes discussion amongst real-world commuters and, simultaneously, amongst websurfers. Kermes addresses the ambivalence of control society, and crucial questions about the borders between public and private space, and interactions between physical and virtual network space.