The National Communication Museum offers an immersive exploration of communication’s role in shaping the future, often illuminated by insights from the past. The museum’s ‘Instruments of Surveillance’ exhibition looks at the interface between humans and machines, unpacking the technologies and processes that people use to surveil.
To visually represent the exhibition, we used a machine-learning object detection model in p5.js, a flexible JavaScript library for creative coding. The model uses algorithms to identify and classify objects within images, allowing us to generate both animated and static visual assets.
We created engaging visuals that simulate the perspective of surveillance instruments. The resulting animations and images offer viewers an immersive experience, an opportunity to look through the lens of an instrument of surveillance, highlighting the complex interactions between humans and surveillance technologies.
