This is clever:
Unable to afford a proper camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause, an unsigned band from the city, decided to make use of the cameras seen all over British streets.
With an estimated 13 million CCTV cameras in Britain, suitable locations were not hard to come by.
They set up their equipment, drum kit and all, in eighty locations around Manchester – including on a bus – and proceeded to play to the cameras.
— The Get Out Clause, Manchester stars of CCTV. By Tom Chivers, Telegraph.co.uk, Last Updated: 6:54PM BST 08/05/2008
Then they requested copies of the coverage from the various companies and law enforcement organizations owning the cameras through the British Data Protection Act, and got enough to use. They even managed closeups.
So maybe there is a use for CCTV, even though it's failed at crime prevention. It's a huge arts subsidy program!
-jsq
Something similar was actually done back in 1997 by Irish band the Frames. A better song also...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN7yK9qKuxo&feature=related
Posted by: Mick C | June 13, 2008 at 01:30 AM
Yep, they only used one camera, but similar idea. I agree it's a better song, too.
Posted by: jsqrisk | June 13, 2008 at 06:52 AM
Love the deviant use of CCTV cameras. Can't believe my fellow countrymen have sat back twiddling their thumbs while the country is put on surveillance.
Posted by: Nigel Hall | March 26, 2009 at 02:58 PM