Footfall Almanac 2019

The Footfall Almanac 2019 collects observations, objects and other traces to instigate a discussion on surveillance techniques currently deployed in shopping malls, and during public major events in Brussels.

Starting from the close observation of Place de la Monnaie, it enquires into how private companies as well as civil agencies keep a close eye on the movements of city dwellers through public spaces, the former to forecast sales and the latter for crowd management purposes.

The Footfall Almanac 2019 observes this encounter of actors and predictions in their shared technologies and terminologies. The publication contains visual and textual essays, including the contributions of co-researchers Femke Snelting and Dennis Pohl.

It lists the overlapping vocabularies to address the flight paths of pigeons on the square as well as movements in the underground parking lot.

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