Webcam systems now function as the new privileged
vantage points from which to view the city. This transformation of
CCTV technology from surveillance to promotional tool is significant
because its'scopic regime' presents, back to the public, a new virtual
'site' that sits alongside its real-time counterpart. Significantly,
thisraw 'image' data can, in fact,be co-optedand processed so as to
disrupt their original purpose. This paper will demonstrate this
disruptive capacity through an architectural project. It will reveal how
the adaption the webcam image offers a technical springboard by
which to initiate alternate urban form making decisions and subvert
the disciplinary reliance on the 'flat' orthographic plan. In so doing,
the paper will show how this 'digital material' exceeds the imagistic
function of the image; shiftingit from being a vehicle of signification
to a site of affect.
[1] C. Lyon, "Unreal Estate," in Take 1: Urban Solutions: Propositions for
the Future Australian City, J.R. McGauran, Ed. A.C.T., Australia: Royal
Australian Institute of Architects, 2002.
[2] R. Krauss, ÔÇÿ"Informe" without Conclusion-, October, Vol. 78(pp. 89-
105), p. 99, 1996.
[3] Ibid.
[4] D. Hollier, Against Architecture: The Writings of Georges Bataille,
USA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, p. xiii, 1989.
[5] M. B. N. Hansen, New Philosophy for New Media, Cambridge,
Massachusetts: MIT Press, p. 121, 2004.
[6] M. B. N. Hansen, New Philosophy for New Media, Cambridge,
Massachusetts: MIT Press, p. 123, 2004.
[7] L. Matthews, ÔÇÿVirtual Sites - performance and materialisation-,
Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, Vol. 8, No. 1.
[8] R. Krauss, ÔÇÿ"Informe" without Conclusion-, October, Vol. 78, (pp. 89-
105), p. 105, 1996.
[9] Y. Bois, ÔÇÿTo Introduce a User's Guide-, October, Vol. 78 (pp. 21-37), p.
24, 1996.
[1] C. Lyon, "Unreal Estate," in Take 1: Urban Solutions: Propositions for
the Future Australian City, J.R. McGauran, Ed. A.C.T., Australia: Royal
Australian Institute of Architects, 2002.
[2] R. Krauss, ÔÇÿ"Informe" without Conclusion-, October, Vol. 78(pp. 89-
105), p. 99, 1996.
[3] Ibid.
[4] D. Hollier, Against Architecture: The Writings of Georges Bataille,
USA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, p. xiii, 1989.
[5] M. B. N. Hansen, New Philosophy for New Media, Cambridge,
Massachusetts: MIT Press, p. 121, 2004.
[6] M. B. N. Hansen, New Philosophy for New Media, Cambridge,
Massachusetts: MIT Press, p. 123, 2004.
[7] L. Matthews, ÔÇÿVirtual Sites - performance and materialisation-,
Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research, Vol. 8, No. 1.
[8] R. Krauss, ÔÇÿ"Informe" without Conclusion-, October, Vol. 78, (pp. 89-
105), p. 105, 1996.
[9] Y. Bois, ÔÇÿTo Introduce a User's Guide-, October, Vol. 78 (pp. 21-37), p.
24, 1996.
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vantage points from which to view the city. This transformation of
CCTV technology from surveillance to promotional tool is significant
because its'scopic regime' presents, back to the public, a new virtual
'site' that sits alongside its real-time counterpart. Significantly,
thisraw 'image' data can, in fact,be co-optedand processed so as to
disrupt their original purpose. This paper will demonstrate this
disruptive capacity through an architectural project. It will reveal how
the adaption the webcam image offers a technical springboard by
which to initiate alternate urban form making decisions and subvert
the disciplinary reliance on the 'flat' orthographic plan. In so doing,
the paper will show how this 'digital material' exceeds the imagistic
function of the image; shiftingit from being a vehicle of signification
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