1st Edition
Loving Big Brother Surveillance Culture and Performance Space
By John McGrath
Copyright 2004
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Loving Big Brother the author tackles head on the overstated claims of the crime-prevention and anti-terrorism lobbies. But he also argues that we desire and enjoy surveillance, and that, if we can understand why this is, we may transform the effect it has on our lives. This book looks at a wide range of performance and visual artists, at popular TV shows and movies, and at our day-to-day... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 An Ideology of Crime; Chapter 2 Perverting Privacy; Chapter 3 Accidental Death; Chapter 4 Dimensions, Doubles and Data; Chapter 5 Staging the Spectator; Chapter 6 Encountering Surveillance;
Biography
John E. McGrath is Artistic Director of Manchester’s groundbreaking Contact Theatre, which brings bold new performance to diverse young audiences. He has directed work by Lemn Sissay, Jeff Noon and others. In both theatre and theoretical work he focuses on the intersections of space, media and language.
'An essential text for understanding the complexity of modern life under surveillance' - Prefix Photo
