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About... Software, Surveillance, Scariness, Subjectivity (and SVEN)

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Transdisciplinary Digital Art. Sound, Vision and the New Screen

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 7))

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The text discusses cultural and political implications of the subjective aspects of software and the SVEN project. SVEN (Surveillance Video Entertainment Network) is a public space software art project that uses custom computer vision software to detect pedestrians who in some way look like rock stars. The text introduces general audiences to SVEN’s approach to software subjectivity—in this case, concerning computer vision surveillance software. It also presents examples of software bias in contemporary culture and proposes software literacy as a public educational goal.

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  1. Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. #0084, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0084, USA

    Amy Alexander

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Randy Adams Steve Gibson Stefan Müller Arisona

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Alexander, A. (2008). About... Software, Surveillance, Scariness, Subjectivity (and SVEN). In: Adams, R., Gibson, S., Arisona, S.M. (eds) Transdisciplinary Digital Art. Sound, Vision and the New Screen. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79486-8_36

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