We Live in Public

This documentary explores privacy in the age of the internet and the integration of technology into society and its effects on personal identity and chronicles a decade in the life of internet pioneer Josh Harris. It looks at his “weliveinpublic.com” site, a bizarre experimental project in which he set up cameras everywhere around his apartment and broadcasted he and his girlfriend’s every move live 24/7 on the internet.

As if that wasn’t enough bizarre social experimentation, the film also documents his “art” project, “Quiet: We Live in Public” in which he housed 100 (volunteer) artist-bohemian-exhibitionist-type folks in a human terranium underneath NYC with cameras capturing their every move.

Needless to say, both “experiments” proved detrimental and personally destructive to Harris, his then-girlfriend, and the 100 “art project” participants.

22 Apr This entry was published on April 22, 2012 at 5:35 pm. It’s filed under biographical documentaries, internet, New York City, pop culture, sociocultural documentaries, subculture, technology, Uncategorized, urban and tagged amazon, art, documentary, docunerd, film, identity, image, internet, josh harris, movie, privacy, technology, we live in public, wikipedia. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.