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#1 Minority report + Lorna Muir; aesthetic of the potentially invisible

To argue the representation of the potentially invisible within Minority Report, as Lorna Muir writes:

“when much of the surveillance technology is computer and digital in form, how does cinema make visible the potentially invisible?”

Which she briefly justifies as within Minority Report the aesthetics of the transparant computer screens. As notified in class I think it could be pushed further, however I havent found the answer yet.

#2 Minority Report + Lost Memories (Ferracci); in relation to Futuristic Sci-Fi

To argue the (visual) aesthetic concepts in sci-fi, which perhaps the “past” becomes more futuristic as to be a fiction, than the actual science fiction of the future, as for the idea of the use of an analog camera in relation to holograms / biometric warface / virtual holodecs / A.I. etc.

Online short: Lost Memories (part 1), by Francois Ferracci, 2016.

Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)

• Lorna Muir, “Control Space?

“In the control model, urban surveillance can be said to be characterised by an emphasis on the use of digital surveillance practices, leading to a view of urban space and the city, as well as its inhabitants, which largely resides within a computer mainframe. This raises a question: if the surveillance carried out within this conception of urban space can be described as concentrated, hidden, passive, functional, mobile, and varied, how can these changes be communicated cinematically since there is an obvious problem of representation; when much of the surveillance technology is computer and digital in form, how does cinema make visible the potentially invisible?” – Lorna Muir, “Control Space?

1995– To argue the potentially invisible. One of the earliest ubiquitous systems was artist Natalie Jeremijenko‘s “Live Wire”, also known as “Dangling String”, installed at Xerox PARC during Mark Weiser‘s time there. This was a piece of string attached to a stepper motor and controlled by a LAN connection; network activity caused the string to twitch, yielding a peripherally noticeable indication of traffic. Weiser called this an example of calm technology.^[15]

“It is not simply monitoring devices which are important (mobile, computers) in control spaces, but also the body of the (in)dividual, which acts as an embodied surveillance tool and password in order to gain access to areas within the city.”

2018– To argue the body as surveillance. A growing number of people in Sweden are getting microchips implanted to help with daily tasks and essentially replace things like IDs, train tickets and key cards.