Sicherheit Neu Denken explores the rise of predictive policing systems, examining the logic underpinning their design and adoption. The work analyzes the risks associated with these technologies—notably new types of errors and misuse linked to the increased automation of data analysis—and questions how the rational goal of ensuring security can drift toward increasingly opaque and complex practices. It uses HessenData, a controversial data analysis tool used by the police in the state of Hesse, as a reference point for these emerging technologies. By combining AI-generated images with documentary footage, the work weaves a speculative narrative from fragments of interviews, literary fiction, technical documentation, and legal texts. The video critically examines the language and aesthetics of big data-based law enforcement technologies, including how their designers draw inspiration from fantasy, science fiction, and popular culture to name and describe their tools. It offers a reflection on the conflictual relationship between society and technology through a mythological projection of the near future.
Sicherheit Neu Denken explores the rise of predictive policing systems, examining the reasoning behind their design and adoption. It examines the risks associated with these technologies—including new kinds of errors and misuse arising from increased automation in data analysis—and questions how the rational goal of ensuring safety can spiral into increasingly opaque and convoluted practices. The work references HessenData, a controversial data analysis tool used by the Hessian police, as an example of these emerging technologies. Using a mix of AI-generated imagery and documentary footage, the work blends fragments of interviews, literary fiction, technical documentation, and legal texts into a speculative narrative. The video critically examines the language and aesthetics of big data policing technologies, including how their creators draw inspiration from fantasy, science fiction, and pop culture to name and describe their tools. It reflects on the fraught relationship between society and technology through a mythological imagining of a near-future.