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SPEED INSTALLATION - PANOPTICON

1,367 views · Published 13 February 2010 · 4:36 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: Jonathan Calleri Art · 2010 · Entertainment

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THANK YOU TO:
PINK FLOYD "ONE OF THESE DAYS" FROM THE "MEDDLE"ALBUM

INSPIRATION:
MY INSTALLATION IS BASED ON JEREMY BENTHAM'S PANOPTICON (PRISON STRUCTURE DESIGN) FROM 1785 AND IT'S INFLUENCE ON MODERN SOCIETY THROUGH POWER AND KNOWLEDGE AS EXPLAINED BY MICHELE FOUCAULT. FOUCAULT STATES THAT A "CARCERAL CONTINUUM" HAS BEEN PUMPED IN THE VEINS OF MODERN SOCIETY THROUGH THE FORMS OF HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, WORKERS AND EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE. OUR EVERY DAY LIFE IS BEING OBSERVED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 

DIMENSIONS: 8 X 8 FEET

NOTES: THE 3 CONCRETE HEADS EACH SEPERATELY FACE A STAIRWELL, A ROOM, AND THE VIEWER IN FRONT. THE NECKS OF THESE CREATURES (CABLES/TECHNOLOGY) EXPLODE OUT OF THE PYRAMID (IDEA OF PANOPTICON). MEANING THE SURVEILLANCE WE HAVE TODAY HAS BECOME MUCH LARGER THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST. 

THE DIAGONAL YELLOW AND BLACK LINES SYMBOLIZE THE WARNING SIGNS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS A CITY BEING WATCHED BY THE CREATURE. THE BLADE ON THE UPPER RIGHT REPRESENTS PUNISHMENT. THE BLUE AND RED BACKGROUND IS FOR ENFORCEMENT AND THE LIGHTS (ACRYLIC SHEETS) COMING FROM THE CONCRETE HEADS REPRESENTS THEIR PATH OF VISION. LIKE A SEARCH LIGHT.

PROBLEMS I RAN INTO:
-THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME CUTTING ACRYLIC AND I LOST A FEW GOOD MEN. MY FRAME (4 LONG PIECES) BROKE IN THE CAR TRAVELLING DOWNTOWN. TWO SEARCH LIGHT PIECES BROKE BEFORE BEING PAINTED.

-WHEN CLEANING MY AIRBRUSH I DROPPED MY NEW NOZZLE DOWN THE SINK. I THEN USED MY OLD NOZZLE WHICH SPITTED THE PAINT, SLOWING ME DOWN.

-LOL...MY COMPRESSOR HOSE BURST 20 MINUTES AFTER THE SINK SWALLOWED THE AIRBRUSH NOZZLE. HAHAHAHA

LOL...IM LAUGHING WHILE I TYPE THIS. THOUGH I WAS VEXED WHEN IT HAPPEND.
I FELT THE AIR COME OUT FROM THE HOSE AND SAID "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!".
LUCKILY I CARRY A SPARE.

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