NYU Arts Professor Gets 3rd Eye! Camera Implanted In The Back Of His Head
That's crazy!
New York University arts professor Wafaa Bilal got a small digital camera implanted in the back of his head - and it's all for his art!
Bilal underwent the procedure for The 3rd I, a project commissioned by the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, which will open at the end of the year. The exhibition is entitled Told/Untold/Retold.
"I am going about my daily life as I did before the procedure," said the artist. The project will raise "important social, aesthetic, political, technological and artistic questions."
He will wear the camera, which is 2 inches in diameter and less than an inch thick, for one year. Bilal chose to put it on the back of his head as an allegorical statement what we don't see and leave behind.
The camera will capture his activities at one-minute intervals for 24-hours a day. It will then be transmitted to monitors at the museum.
Curator Sam Bardaouil said:
"He doesn't have to alter his lifestyle or what he does. In principal, he's moving on with his life. It will be a three-dimensional, real space-and-time experience. Once the piece is revealed, you'll realize that the camera is only one aspect of the work and there are aspects as important that will be experienced."
Since he is still teaching three classes this year, NYU is not happy with the possibly of student being put in an art project overseas. The school will continue "to discuss with him the right mechanism to ensure that his camera will not take pictures in NYU buildings."
Inneresting.
Tags: art exhibition, artist, camera, nyu, the 3rd i, wafaa bilal
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All damn muslins should have cameras implanted at all times.
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Wear a hat?
What a retarded idea and nothing new is in there. And the world will keep spinning around, this is totally forgetteable.
Cute idea! =]
That's really, really old news…from about two weeks ago…way to keep up…
Are there no concerns about the fact that this information is being transmitted outside of the US? No offense to the destination, but isn't it entirely possible that this professor could be intentionally put into confidential areas of our country and then have the info transmitted overseas? I'm totally not comfortable with this. It seems like a huge violation of rights. Everyone who walks behind this idiot is at risk of having their faces and actions sent overseas to be analysed. I don't buy the 'art project' excuse for a second. I think it's a secret way to infiltrate the public and put people at risk. There are too many eyes in the sky already that are watching our every moves, do we really need to bring this to street level - and to be implanted in the back of someone's head, that's just way too extreme. No one is protecting privacy anymore. That's all well and good when you're being nosy about others - but what about when the tables are turned and you're the one being watched? No thanks. I cherish what little privacy I still have.