JOANA MOLL (Independent Artist/Researcher)
AZ: move and get shot is a net based piece which shows the natural and human flows in the landscape of the U.S. / Mexico border in the state of Arizona, through the eyes of six surveillance cameras.
These cameras are part of an online platform created by a group of landowners with properties in the U.S. border. The platform shows the images of six surveillance cameras located in the border territory. The main purpose of this community is to provide the public with raw images of immigrants crossing the border illegally through their lands. Each camera incorporates a motion sensor, which triggers the capturing of images when detecting the slightest vibration of the landscape. Then, these pictures are sent to a server and displayed directly on the web page.
The piece is composed of six independent films automatically made from the images captured by each camera. Every 24 hours, a script detects whether there are new pictures. These new images are saved to a local server and added algorithmically right after the last frame of the corresponding video. Thus, the films will expand and reveal, day by day, the pace and the nature of the movement of the Arizona borderland.
You can visualize the net-based version of the piece here.