The idea of using a surveillance tool for image making is quite interesting to me, and the RapidRecap system is a good example. It reminded me of a talk by James Bridle, who uses systems that aren’t originally designed for creative uses- in fact are often used for tracking and data collection- to make projects. He discusses a few in this lecture, one of the more interesting ones was using a system of people and services that track planes to find out how migrants are deported from the UK.
Another somewhat different project of his uses the views of satellites and the ghosting they give to moving objects frozen in time. This kind of system of imaging is a bit like the RapidRecap in that it provides a kind of overlay of objects over time, one being over a long period and another over a very short one.
James Bridle, ‘On the Rainbow Plane’ from AQNB on Vimeo.
Reviewed:
Steven’s post on Marmalade Type
Huw’s post on the Non-Euclidean Renderer
Spoon’s post on the Non-line-of-sight Camera
Jacqui’s post on the Unpainted Sculpture