The Pictorial Representation of Society.

I always avoid any political comment in my works, acting simply as an observer, and leaving the opinions
To those qualified to comment.

I have recently created three new works which relate to the
Use of modern technologies.
The first and possibly my favorite is:'Are you known to us? 'Inspiration for this being drawn from the following.

It is a fact that computerised data is kept on every individual.
Routinely, the data provided in the course of :
National Census.
Bus & train pass applications.
Drivers licence applications.
Vehicle insurance applications.
Road fund licence details.
Passport applications.
Mobile phone location tracking via gps.
Bank card application.
Loyalty card data.
Online commerce transactions.
National Insurance contributions.
Centralised computer medical records
Employment & social security benefit applications.
Tax returns.
Credit applications.
Internet account applications.
Browsing on the internet (users browsing habits are frequently recorded).
Personal email content and details may legally be recorded in the U. K.

The second work is called'Who Watches The Watchers? 'This was promted by reading the following article on the internet.

The first place to use cctv in the United Kingdom was
King's Lynn, Norfolk. In recent decades, especially with
General crime fears growing in the 1990s and 2000s, public space use of surveillance cameras has taken off, especially in some countries such as the United Kingdom.

The exact number of cctv cameras in the uk is not known
For certain because there is no requirement to register
Cctv cameras. However, research published in cctv Image
Magazine estimates that the number of cameras in the uk
Is 1.85 million. The number is based on extrapolating
From a comprehensive survey of public and private cameras
Within the Cheshire Constabulary jurisdiction. This works
Out as an average of one camera for every 32 people in the
Uk, although the density of cameras varies from place to
Place to such a degree as to make this figure almost meaningless.
The Cheshire report also claims that the average person on a
Typical day would be seen by 70 cctv cameras, although many of
These sightings would be brief glimpses from cameras in shops.
The cctv User Group estimates that there are around 1.5 million
Cctv cameras in city centres, stations, airports, major retail
Areas and so forth. This figure does not include the smaller
Surveillance systems such as those that may be found in local
Corner shops [38] and is therefore broadly in line with the
Cheshire report. Research conducted by the Scottish Centre for
Crime and Justice Research and based on a survey of all Scottish
Local authorities, identified that there are over 2.200 public
Space cctv cameras in Scotland.

There is little evidence that cctv deters crime; in fact, there
Is considerable evidence that it does not. According to a
Liberal Democrat analysis, in London «Police are no more
Likely to catch offenders in areas with hundreds of cameras
Than in those with hardly any. » A 2008 Report by uk. Police Chiefs
Concluded that only 3% of crimes were solved by cctv. In London, a Metropolitan Police report showed that in 2008 only one crime
Was solved per 1000 cameras. There are valid reasons for including
Cctv as a component of a physical security program, but deterrence
Is not one of them.

Wikipedia. 2011. Closed-circuit_television. [Online]
HTTP://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-circuit_telivision
Accessed:23/11/2011.

Finally a work I call'Media Static'. I created this after
Reading the published list of U. K. Television for broadcast on
A particular day one week, and reading the book
The more you watch the less you know.
Schechter, d, 1997.
The more you watch the less you know. 1St ed. Uk:
Turnaround Publishers Sevices Ltd.
Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate, Coburg Road, Wood Green, London, n22 6tz. U. K.

To qoute Jackson Brown in in the above publication:

«Who has the right to control what we know?
Nobody. But let's not ask who has the right, but who has the power. »