男子將相機植入頭部作展覽

NY Artist Implants Camera in Head
紐約藝術家植入相機在頭部
西元2010年11月23日

3rd Eye: Artist Gets Camera Implanted in Head
第三隻眼：藝術家獲相機植入頭部
西元2010年12月02日

男子將相機植入頭部作展覽
Man Has Camera Implanted In His Head For Exhibit
Posted on: Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 05:45 CST
Translation by Autumnson Blog

A New York University professor has had a camera surgically implanted in the back of his head as part of a new art exhibit.
一位紐約大學教授已將一部攝像機以手術植入他的後頭，作為一項新藝術展覽的一部分。
Iraqi-born Wafaa Bilal, a photography professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, told CNN on Thursday that the purpose of "The 3rd I" project is to expose the unspoken conditions that humans face.
伊拉克出生的Wafaa比拉爾，一位攝影教授在紐約大學的蒂施藝術學院，上週四告訴 CNN，“第三個我”的項目目的是暴露人類面對的潛在情况。
"A project like this is meant to establish a dialogue about surveillance,” said Bilal, who had the thumb-sized camera implanted at a piercing studio last month.
“像這樣的一個項目是為了建立一個關於監視的對話式作品，”比拉爾說，上個月他有拇指大小的相機植入在一徹骨寒冷的的攝影室。
The device was mounted on a titanium plate inserted inside the back of his head, Bilal said.
裝置安裝在一塊鈦板上，被插入他的頭後面，比拉爾說。
A cable runs from the camera in Bilal’s head to a computer he carries with him in a customized shoulder bag, providing a real-time global positioning signal of his location.
一條來自拉爾頭部相機的電纜運行至一部他携帶的電腦，在一訂制的肩袋中，提供他位置的實時全球性定位訊號。
The data can be viewed in real-time on the project’s website at http://www.3rdi.me/.
數據可在實時被看到在該項目的網站http://www.3rdi.me/.

The camera will take photographs each minute during Bilal's everyday activities for one year, he said. The images will then be transmitted to the Arab Museum of Modern Art, in Doha, Qatar.

A statement by the museum said the exhibit, entitled "Told/Untold/Retold", would be unveiled in time for the museum's December 30 opening.

"I wanted to lose that subjectivity [of knowingly taking photographs]," Bilal told CNN.

"At the same time I wanted to capture everyday mundane images."

The project has raised privacy concerns about the constant presence of cameras in Bilal’s classroom, which University authorities sought to dispel by requiring a cover over the lens while Bilal is teaching.

"We place a high value on his right to free expression in his creative work as an artist," CNN quoted university spokesman John Beckman as saying.

"But as a school of the arts, we also take seriously the privacy issues his project raises."

"The 3rd I" is not Bilal's first involvement with controversial and unusual ventures. A 2007 project called "Domestic Tension" allowed virtual users to hurl paintballs at him in an exhibit that drove The Chicago Tribune to name Bilal artist of the year.

The project was "one of the sharpest works of political art to be seen in a long time,” the newspaper said.

Bilal has said he seeks to examine broader ideas and realities through his art.

"I see myself as a mirror reflecting some of the social conditions that we ignore.”

Source: RedOrbit Staff & Wire Reports
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1961932/man_has_camera_implanted_in_his_head_for_exhibit/

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