Ribellione ed etica dello screenshot nella surveillance art. Cattura e riappropriazione dell’immagine di sé.

The essay examines the screenshot within the framework of Surveillance Art, considering it both as a gesture that exposes the increasingly pervasive practices of control in contemporary society and as a tool for the reappropriation of identity. Within the specific context of surveillance art, it explores the act of image capture as an intervention into the flow of often-automated vision technologies, ranging from satellites to closed-circuit surveillance cameras. In such cases, the screenshot emerges as a form of disruption—also in relation to the practice of hacking—and as an act of disobedience toward normalised tracking and processes of desubjectification. Finally, the essay reflects on the remediation of the screenshot, investigating its potential for mnemonic reappropriation and processes of identity self-configuration. Particular attention is devoted to Self Portrait from Surveillance Camera (2018-) by Irene Fenara, selected as a central case study within the research trajectory.