Marcel Top

Photographer

Nationality

Belgian

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We Will Not Be Stopped

We Will Not Be Stopped

Using high-resolution scans to archive videos and images posted by DHS and ICE on social media, We Will Not be Stopped documents the propagandistic shift in the official communication channels of U.S. enforcement agencies.

Project by Marcel Top
Poison Data, Kill Algorithms

Poison Data, Kill Algorithms

« Poison Data, Kill Algorithms » examines common patterns behind advancements in surveillance technologies, looking closely at the way private companies buy data to train their algorithms and the extent of their reliance on outsourced human labour.

Project by Marcel Top
Reversed Surveillance

Reversed Surveillance

The book Reversed Surveillance is a visualization of invasive surveillance technologies, challenging the prospect of automating crime detection during protests in France.

Photobook by Marcel Top
Three out of Five

Three Out Of Five

In Three out of Five, Top uses accessible technologies to create an algorithmic system designed to counter potentially lethal LBD40 gun shots during protests in France, while investigating the private weapon manufacturers supplying the French police.

Project by Marcel Top
Reversed Surveillance

Reversed Surveillance

Starting from a 3 hour long livestream of a recent French protest, the artist uses the software ‘Video Content Analysis’ to analyse the crowd and discern over 30 000 people’s faces.

Project by Marcel Top
Nemo Smith? I'M NOT A POLITICIAN

Nemo Smith? I'M NOT A POLITICIAN

Nemo Smith is not an average politician. He is the average of all UK politicians. As an algorithm generated political figure, Smith’s persona and political campaign are based on those from other politicians and parties in the United Kingdom.

Project by Marcel Top
Reversed Surveillance

Reversed Surveillance

Starting from a 3 hour long livestream of a recent French protest, the artist uses the software ‘Video Content Analysis’ to analyse the crowd and discern over 30 000 people’s faces.

Project by Marcel Top

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Unpunished Expeditions

Unpunished Expeditions

This multimedia project investigates and documents the far-right groups in France over the past decade, using photo and research to explore how their imagery and symbols have become normalised.

Project by Marcel Top