Please Set a Password

Software searches the internet for surveillance cameras left open without a password and shows their live feeds. The sound is synthesised in real time from analysis of the images, so its timbre and density follow what is on screen. Some feeds are never shown.

Projected camera view of a street intersection
Watch video: Alessandro Miracapillo - Please Set a Password
Role

Artist

Year

[needs: 2021 per award, site says 2022]

Context and constraints

Software searches the internet for surveillance cameras left open without a password and shows their live feeds. The sound is synthesised in real time from analysis of the images, so its timbre and density follow what is on screen. Some feeds are never shown.

What I built

  • Medium: audiovisual installation; custom software, live video, real-time audio synthesis
  • Duration / setup: runs continuously [needs: screens or projectors, channel count, room size]
  • Shown: Premio Nazionale delle Arti XV, Accademia di Belle Arti di Sassari, December 2021 [needs other venues]

Outcome

First prize, Electronic Art, Premio Nazionale delle Arti XV (MUR), 2021.

Media

[needs: 3 to 5 stills, duration and excerpt]

Links

Email · Download CV · Portfolio (PDF)

[needs: CV PDF file]