Prague-based artist Geltner has been installing clusters of surveillance equipment on the seaside.
Czech artist Jakub Geltner has been installing sculptures of surveillance cameras into public spaces since 2011.
His first installation was in the centre of Prague amid the urban architecture. Since then, his sculptures have been in a waterfront, a former elementary school, and in other popular public sites such as facades of a church, basilica or palace. Geltner tends to draw attention to the excessive presence of technological equipment and surveillance devices in our culture and society. His work seems to be a criticism of such a modern invasion.
With his recent Nest Project, the Prague-based artist has installed a dozen security cameras on the seaside. Presented for the 2015 edition of Sculpture by the Sea in Aarhus, Denmark, this latest work shows originality with a grouping of technological systems placed within nature, attached to ocean rocks rather than on contemporary buildings or in an architectural environment.
In this sculpture, Geltner confronts two opposite worlds - a natural landscape led by solitude and well-being, and a world ruled by surveillance and supervision, where cameras intrude into people's privacy. For a few years now, Geltner has intervened in public places and galleries, bringing his own interpretation of artificially-affected environments.
