SARAH MAYHEW looks at a new art project taking place in an unusual – or should that be ordinary – setting.

Invasion of Privacy is an art event – exhibition, performance, music – in the setting of a private house in Oxford.

The owner of the art consultancy Notfamousyet has opened up her terraced home and invited artists to use this private space.

The event is the smaller trial of a much larger ‘Open House’ occasion, involving up to 20 private houses, which is planned for spring 2011.

Artists – visual, performance and musicians – have been invited to use the different spaces within the house, from the bathroom to the patio garden, to discuss the topic of privacy in the modern world, such as Google, Facebook, storecards and CCTV.

The rooms themselves have been emptied of furniture, with the artists transforming the bathroom, living room, conservatory, staircase, study, toilet and patio with installations and art pieces that work within the theme of intrusion into our personal lives.

In the evenings, visitors can enjoy contemporary classical music.

The 11 artists taking part have come from all over Oxford, England and abroad. And with this event, Notfamousyet is continuing the theme of showing young emerging artists in new – and often surprising – settings.

The artists taking part include: * Louisa Chambers, who has been inspired by the experiences of living in contemporary society.

* Megan Smith, a Canadian New Media theorist.

* Mercedes Mangrané, a student of Fine Arts at Universitat de Barcelona.

* Susan Francis, whose video Night Vision is a documentary about daily life as dark falls.

* Ufuk Gueray, whose large painting Unbearable Lightness of Being features an attack on mass media and surveillance.

* Alex Dewart, who uses paintings and collages to create landscapes.

* Ting Ting Cheng who photographs domestic spaces within houses.

* Ethan Pollock – with his ‘old master’ painting style – who looks into the windows of modern apartment blocks.

* Emily Alexander displaying voyeuristic night scenes.

* Paul Medley, intrigued by the ubiquitous CCTV camera and the increasing restrictions placed on street photography.

* Cally Trench who has taken on the role of explorer and cartographer, having mapped the area around where she lives, at ground level, noting what she can (and cannot) see.

* The exhibition is at 19 Barnet Street, Oxford, OX4 3AN. For more information log on to notfamousyet.co.uk The exhibition runs until October 31. Call 07867 900746 for further details