Here’s Looking at You was a research and development project that took place throughout 2021. Here, the artist Benedict Phillips presents a 16 minute film following one of the outputs of the program – a performance lecture at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, which took place on 23 October 2021.

Benedict Phillips is an artist, mentor and consultant based in Leeds. He uses costumes, personas and props to explore themes including activism, dyslexia, technology and public space.
In the first part of this event The DIV in Grey –– the alter ego of Benedict Phillips –– guided the group to a secret location among the trees at YSP. Once there, Phillips lead a conversation about ‘Here’s Looking at You’ exploring how we might democratise CCTV (closed-circuit television) through the creative process.

‘Here’s Looking at You’ R&D was made up of four main elements:

• Researching and developing a model for a digital platform for the creative use of CCTV.
• A residency with a group of artists exploring CCTV and the possibilities for a new creative platform.
• A series of one-to-one professional development sessions for artists.
• Public presentation of ideas and notions generated through the process.

The outcomes of the project are documented on Benedict’s Disability Arts Online blog. To find out more about the artists’ practice please visit Benedict Phillips website.