CCTV
The zebra got really crossed last night Now it is looking for a new job Perhaps peeping post in a CCTV flying squad Registering detailed inventories ”à la Prévert” Of the clutter that dwells deep at the bottom of a girl’s purse Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
In the predawn dim light The CCTV slave never sleeps As the waking windows blink their eyes The smell of bacon and toast fills the streets AI is the new Rembrandt night watch To serve and protect as they pretend But they never say whom Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
We had the wartime graffiti ‘Kilroy was here’ To scare the sh*t out of the Nazi Now we have the everyday Freddy on TfL Anonymous compulsory masked under the eye of CCTV We can’t help but wonder at how smart is the AI The problem must be with the input… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night […]
The world of instant image Digital Polaroid age of social porn Anything goes if it is on a smartphone or CCTV Ban the cameras as obscene objects from the past Too busy to talk as we are heading for the cliffs… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Night transforms the mega cities into light shows Tentacular cites like giant Krakens hunting for flesh Cthulhu puts on a shimmering dress to lure the sleepless The avenues are its long sleeves and the city lights shiny rhinestones Reality hopelessly seeks refuge in the deep corners of shadow Contagious night life spreads like a hologram […]