Surveillance cameras catch clandestine movements in the dark in grainy, lo-res images. While these images can be hard to interpret, there is never a doubt what kind of camera took them. Using them as a springboard for art is a surprise move.
French artist Francine LeClercq uses a variety of media to express her creativity, and for this project, she chose cross stitch, a form of embroidery that uses a cross for each pixel on the scene represented. She transformed images from surveillance cameras into cross stitch works of art as a statement evoking themes of privacy, observation, and societal norms. When we are not quite sure what -or who- we are looking at, every pixel counts. LeClercq's project is titled Embroidered Surveillance. See the works and the closeup details that show the time and labor that went into every stitch at DesignBoom. -via Kottke