Thinking about surveillance in the public space awakens a vulnerability that compromises the social dynamics of human beings.

What happens when our public behaviour is constantly monitored? Do we still hug and kiss each other? Do we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and genuine in public, or would the awareness of control prevent us from being at our worst?

Starting from a (somewhat dystopian, somewhat real) reality of mass public monitoring, Digital Deal Podcast host and producer Ana-Maria Carabelea invites Spanish artist Noemi Iglesias Barrios and Guggenheim Museum curator Noam Segal to a conversation about surveillance systems in the public space and why we might want to 'measure' cities in terms of emotionality by training algorithms to search for signs of love on the streets.

The podcast and all the episodes are available on the Ars Electronica website and streaming platforms (Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc.).

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The Digital Deal Podcast is an initiative of the European Digital Deal project. Created in 2023, the podcast invites artists, cultural critics, and artificial intelligence professionals to think about and debate the relationship between new technologies, democracy, and society, to expand physical borders into the digital space.