About

Privacy is a huge topic for discussion especially in today's digital age. Back when CCTV cameras were used to monitor activities, deter crime and for crime solving, it was not much of an issue perhaps because those were times where order in society was chaotic, public safety was threatened and crime rates were high. CCTVs being installed were justified. However, in today's context where crimes mostly occur in the cyber-world and less on the streets, it brings up the question: Are 6 million CCTVs too much? Recognising the positive effects that CCTVs may bring, A Nation under Surveillance believes that the huge number of CCTV in public spaces are a call for concern and threads on the fine line between public security and personal privacy.

In this exhibition, we explore the boundaries of personal privacy and present cases for negative implications of CCTVs and "over-surveillance" through an emergent and experiential narrative with three themes, Playful, Threatening and clownish.