Laurie Long
Compact from The Dating Surveillance Project 1998
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
© Laurie Long
Laurie Long
Hairbrush from The Dating Surveillance Project 1998
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
© Laurie Long
Laurie Long’s The Dating Survelliance Project is a collection of videos and stills gathered by the artist on a series of dates. Wearing a hidden video camera and microphone she recorded each date. Although Long’s subjects may have been aware that they were being filmed, they did not know where the camera was concealed. This helps to make it appear less self-conscious and shifts the focus away from the camera. Usually having a hand cross a photograph disturbs the image, however in this occasion it makes it more interesting and emphasises the secret of the situation.
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