Developing CCTV imagery

I also saw parallels in breaking up the image with a Conscertina book which would be quite an interesting way of displaying the images, this made me create a variety of 'tracing paper machetes' and moved into different combinations to displace my flat image into a 3D structure. 

I also wanted to look at creating a contour around the figures in these CCTV images that drew parallels with fingerprints, something integral to the theme of identity. I looked at contouring the figures in different ways to give a variety of a possible 'visual fingerprint'. I also did this with looking at contouring with straight lines rather then curved, once again creating an abstract outline of a person generating a 'code' or even a 'barcode'. 

I wanted to further these CCTV images by printing them on a large format printer to get a feel for them being like a wallpaper, an idea inspired by 'story' in New York which is a pop up space where artists go in monthly and try to transform a space into a topic that is based around their practice. I thought it would be interesting to have a wallpaper of CCTV images and have a room themed on CCTV, mirrors reflecting the viewers face.

I found the linear straight image the most effective and saw it as a human barcode as the outline suggested a figure encased within straight lines which is often seen in barcodes. I liked the concept of people having to be scanned, which made me think of creating movement or an optical illusion and making an image move. Creating a parallel with Bridgette Rileys work and optical art which due to close wave lines creates the optical illusion of movement. 

Bridgette riley warped

This is something I want incorporate in my major project as I feel it has a lot of potential and is very current with QR codes not to mention I could see myself further developing this idea into a publication.