The article reflects on the evolution of video technology, beginning with AT&T's Picturephone unveiled at the 1964 World's Fair, which promised to enhance human connection through visual communication. This optimistic vision of technology as a tool for understanding continues through the work of the Mumbai video collective CAMP, showcased at MoMA. Their project, Khirkeeyaan, utilizes existing video infrastructures to create portals for dialogue among residents in Delhi, emphasizing shared experiences and fostering community, amidst a framework of surveillance that complicates intimate interactions.
The Picturephone, unveiled at the 1964 World's Fair, aimed to create intimacy through technologyâa promise of connection and understanding in a rapidly modernizing world.
CAMP's work continues this legacy, using video portals to facilitate dialogue among residents, revealing shared experiences and aspirations within their communities.
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