the stakeout method

“she sees it fragmented” 

Video performance, 50’ © Camille Henrot Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris

Data Surveillance (or Dataveillance) is the systematic use of personal data systems in the investigation or monitoring of the actions or communications of one or more persons.

Still of Grace Kelly and James Stewart in Rear Window (1954)

Coveillance is a term which describe the phenomenon of networked individuals observing and recording each other’s lives.

A classic example of sousveillance for mobile cameras offered by Steve Mann, Jason Nolan and Barry Wellman famous in their seminal article on the subject.

Sousveillance is the recording of an activity by a participant in the activity, typically by way of small wearable or portable personal technologies.

Seattle, USA – artist Paul Strong created the Camera Head Project, in protest against the introduction of surveillance cameras in the city’s public parks in 2008.

Surveillance is the systematic investigation or monitoring of the actions or communications of one or more persons.

Person 1: "How are you gonna get that sexy sorority girl in our English class to notice you?"  Person 2: "I think it's time to put The Stakeout Method into full effect.