In this tutorial, we discuss the different cinematic presentations of voyeur, the urban planning reflected in the film, and the influence of the architectural structures of the different eras on voyeurism.
In the early years of the 20th century, apartments were old and voyeurism existed mainly among neighbors. Voyeurism existed through the lens of windows. This is Window Surveillance, and because of the lack of advanced technology at the time, Voyeur could not be recorded, was not comprehensive enough, and the design of the house was not modern.
In the mid-twentieth century, buildings began to be gradually modernized, while voyeur and surveillance had been improved by technology into CCTV, a central monitoring system.
The advancement of technology is a double-edged sword that obviously brings controversy. We introduced a movie plot to discuss the topics of utopia, morality, gender, politics, privacy, violence, surveillance, and voyeurism. Gradually this became a social issue, should society use complete surveillance to ensure the security or not use surveillance to protect people’s privacy?
We also read a chapter called Walking in the city, which begins with a man on the 110th floor of the World Trade Center looking down on New York City. When we look at a static city from above or from the cabin of an airplane, we don’t see the actual, dynamic, diverse city and culture. We see static architectural language and generalized pictures. This kind of imaginary totalization can lead to a person’s inability to truly experience and understand a city.
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A good summary of the readings. Apart from possible privacy invasion through surveillance, what other issues could voyeurism lead to? For instance, the first reading discusses the problem of ‘male gaze’.