In Loving Big Brother the author tackles head on the overstated claims of the crime-prevention and anti-terrorism lobbies. But he also argues that we desire and enjoy surveillance, and that, if we can understand why this is, we may transform the effect it has on our lives. This book looks at a wide range of performance and visual artists, at popular TV shows and movies, and at our day-to-day encounters with surveillance, rooting its arguments in an accessible reading of cultural theory. Constant scrutiny by surveillance cameras is usually seen as - at best - an invasion of privacy, and at worst an infringement of human rights. But in this radical new account of the uses of surveillance in art, performance and popular culture, John E McGrath sets out a surprizing a world where we have much to gain from the experience of being watched. This iconoclastic book develops a notion of surveillance space - somewhere beyond the public and the private, somewhere we will all soon live. It's a place we're just beginning to understand.
John McGrath Libros
John McGrath fue un dramaturgo y teórico teatral inglés que defendió la agencia escocesa en sus obras. Es recordado por formular los principios de un teatro radical y popular, recurriendo a técnicas que evocan las tradiciones del teatro épico. Su obra más célebre utiliza estos métodos para explorar patrones recurrentes de abuso de la tierra y explotación en la historia de Escocia, demostrando una profunda conexión entre la expresión artística y la crítica social. El trabajo de McGrath tuvo como objetivo constante empoderar a través de la actuación, destacando la relación perdurable entre las tradiciones culturales y las luchas contemporáneas.
