[Surveillance-Studies-l] CCTV sci-fi thriller

[cornelia sollfrank]

*PREMIERE*

FACELESS (UK/AT 2007, 50 min)
a CCTV sci-fi thriller directed by Manu Luksch
soundtrack by mukul, piano music by Rupert Huber
co-produced by Amour Fou and Ambient Information Systems
languages: English / German

SYNOPSIS: In an eerily familiar society, the reformed RealTime  
calendar dispenses with past and future, and all citizens are  
faceless. A woman panics when she wakes up with a face. With the help  
of the Spectral Children she unveils the lost power and history of  
the human face and begins the search for its future.

FACELESS uses CCTV images obtained under the terms of the UK Data  
Protection Act as 'legal readymades (objets trouvés)'. Legislation  
requires that the privacy of other persons be protected when data is  
released – for CCTV recordings, this is typically done by obscuring  
their faces. Much of FACELESS is driven by the 'Manifesto for CCTV  
Filmmakers'. The manifesto states, amongst other things, that  
additional cameras are not permitted on location, since they are  
rendered redundant by omnipresent video surveillance.

The soundtrack of FACELESS is composed for surround systems.
---> http://www.ambienttv.net/content/?q=faceless
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DIAGONALE 07
GRAZ / AUSTRIA  [MARCH 23rd 16:45, UCI and 22:45, Schubertkino]
---> booking at http://www.diagonale.at
(German version)

PIXELACHE
HELSINKI / FINLAND [MARCH 30th, 18:00, Kiasma Theatre, free entrance]
---> http://www.pixelache.ac
(English version)

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FACELESS – THE SPECTRAL CHILDREN (UK/AT 2006, 14 min loop)
multiscreen video by Manu Luksch
surround soundtrack by mukul
co-produced by Amour Fou and Ambient Information Systems
language: English

Video installation that uses CCTV images obtained under the UK Data  
Protection Act as 'legal readymades (objets trouvés)'. Four screens  
simultaneously show the story of the Spectral Children from the multi- 
angle view of the CCTV control room. The work is made under the rules  
of the 'Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers'.

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DIGITALLY YOURS
TURKU / FINLAND [MARCH 31st -MAY 13th]
---> http://www.aboavetusarsnova.fi


DEAF 07
ROTTERDAM / NETHERLANDS [APRIL 11th - 29th]
---> http://www.deaf07.nl

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