CCTV Sign 1 (grey, right)

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This artwork is also available as Button Badge Motif Print.

Details from selected footage for CCTV film ‘Secured by Design’ by D-Fuse's Mike Faulkner. Official film synopsis:

Secured by Design – Security control is a ubiquitous feature of London’s urban landscape. The city has one of the highest densities of government surveillance cameras in the world. Besides this, there are scores of private cameras, in shops, parking lots, public-private spaces, etc. Despite their dubious record in helping to prevent or solve crime, surveillance cameras spy on an average Londoner around 300 times per day according to the NGO Big Brother Watch.

Apart from the cameras, public address systems on public transport and in other places where large numbers of people pass, are used to broadcast regular messages about how and how not to behave.

Secured by Design creates a simple yet poignant image of this climate of all-pervasive ambient fear. The video is made up of hundreds of photos of surveillance cameras taken in various locations across London, with a soundtrack made from recordings of various public security announcements. The cameras, slowly spinning in search for potential subjects to spy on, hover at the centre of the screen like an ominous presence, while the background changes continuously. Wherever you are in London, someone is watching you.

Watch it here: dfuse.com/...

D-Fuse are a London-based artist collective who work across a range of media. Founded in the mid-1990s by Michael (Mike) Faulkner, D-Fuse’s output encompasses installations, film, experimental documentary, photography, live cinema performances and architectural projects. Beginning in graphic and web design and VJing, D-Fuse’s work has evolved to address social and environmental themes and explore collaborative processes. Besides work with groundbreaking musicians from a wide range of genres including Steve Reich, Beck, Hauschka, Scanner and Swayzak, much of D-Fuse’s output since 2004 includes sound and music by audio director Matthias Kispert. The D-Fuse-edited book VJ: Audiovisual Art and VJ Culture was published by Laurence King in 2007.

External links: dfuse.com / dfuse.com/... (Secured by Design video)

Created by: D-Fuse / Mike Faulkner

Selected international designers, illustrators and artists were invited to submit designs for this one inch (25mm) button badge series. Stereohype sells B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) Series 18 badges separately and gives them away as a free surprise badge with selected Stereohype T-shirts. B.I.O. Series 18 includes artworks by Agathe Jacquillat / FL@33, Andreas Gnass / U9 visuelle Allianz, Mike Faulkner / D-Fuse, Dan Fern, Daniel Koh, Gregori Saavedra, Holger Jacobs / Mind Design, Maria Nechaeva, Matthew John Oakley, Renaud Vigourt, Richard Fenwick and Tomi Vollauschek / FL@33. Released: November 2018