Roch Forowicz

Detection

Project consists in registering the emission of heat produced by the humans bodies. Thermovision technology permits detection and imaging of changes in heat radiation. Through precise scanning of changes in body temperature we can effectively register physiological correlates.
Model: Teresa Blanc. The soundtrack was composed by Hubert Napiórski.

Artist Bio

Roch Forowicz focuses on the issue of city surveillance, the fact of being constantly observed by CCTV systems and of data being processed all the time. His activities are radical and often described as illegal “hacktivist” interventions, whose aim is taking over and using surveillance devices against the will of their creators.
He is working at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Organising Upgrade!Warsaw since 2007-2013. Curator and co-founder of 2.0 Gallery in Warsaw. Participant of many expositions and festivals, such as FILE festival (BR), HAIP Festival (SI), Liwoli09 (AT), Paraflows 09 (AT), Urban Research (DE), Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej – Zamek Ujazdowski (PL), WRO, NInA – Culture 2.0, Komuna Otwock, Copernicus Science Center, Krytyka Polityczna, Entropia Gallery, STUDIO Gallery, Beautiful Lies, WEF, MIK, Katowice Street Art Festival, etc.

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Detection
Roch Forowicz
Video
2015