Surveillance Camera Players

First founded in new York in 1996, this group of performance artists create pieces of politicall yaimed theatre. They are using performance as a peaceful protest to campaign against the use of surveillance cameras in public places as they feel this is a violation of human rights and peoples right to privacy. I have been drawn in by this company as this is an issue that I feel strongly about and the amount of infringment the government and indeed companies have on our details and whereabouts is very scary. I am also keen on the way that they are using the technology as part of the performance, but still clearly promoting a negative message towards it. They use specially adapted plays and short scenes to perform directly infront of these cameras, often meaning that only those surveying the footage would see the performacne but I like this idea. In a lot of ways it is more their message that is then spread through forms of media that makes their point. The group welcome others to spread their message and even want to allow other groups to take on their name. Their website includes a 'how-to' manual, to show others how to create these forms of protest. I have been really inspired to try out such a performance and love the attack the company is making on advanced forms of technology that I also believe are becoming exsessive and damaging the individual. As they say "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER"