The Surveillance Camera Players

Anyway, i found a group called The Surveillance Camera Players, and what they do is adapt plays (Orwell's '1984', Poe's 'The Raven') as well as their own material, for performance, IN FRONT OF CCTV cameras, as a form of PROTEST. Here is the header from their website:


''Only someone completely distrustful of all governmentwould be opposed to what we are doing with surveillance cameras.'' NYC Police Commissioner Howard Safir, 27 July 1999.

the Surveillance Camera Players:completely distrustful of all government.


so basically they completely mistrust the government, but also protest that the use of cctv infringes human rights, and that the use of cctv did nothing to prevent the 9/11 attacks. pretty radical.


Here is footage, actually a still image of a play they wrote. it was choreographed so the signs held up correlate at the same time to make sense. there was also a script on the website:

God's Eyes Here on Earth

Note: this play, which was written July 2000 by Art Toad, is designed to be performed in front of surveillance cameras used to monitor church property. If need be, this play can be performed as pantomime, without the use of any printed boards. Simply pray to the surveillance camera.
Someone holds up a board that says, Why are there surveillance cameras at the church? and shows a church surrounded by surveillance cameras.
This same person holds up another board. It says, Doesn't God see everything? and shows two large eyes.
Another board is held up. It says, Daddy says the cameras are God's eyes and shows a parent kneeling next to a child and pointing something out to him or her.
Another board is held up. It says, Now I pray to the cameras and shows two hands united in prayer.
One more board is held up. It says, I want God to see me and shows a stick figure with the word "ME" next to it.
Note: at this point, the play can either end or continue in the following fashion: the board-holder and, if there are any, other actors take turns making gestures commonly associated with prayer or worship in front of the surveillance cameras: i.e., crossing themselves, etc.

what if students put on a show for the guys in the security bit in the mac? not so much a form of protest, more just for their entertainment? what if it distracted them while on another camera feed someone was stealing a car or something else bad, then what.