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Trevor Paglen / Lauren Cornell, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Omar Kholeif.

By: Paglen, Trevor [artist,, interviewee.].
Contributor(s): Cornell, Lauren [interviewer.] | Bryan-Wilson, Julia [author.] | Kholeif, Omar [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Contemporary artists: Publisher: New York : Phaidon Press . 2018Description: 158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0714873446; 9780714873442.Subject(s): Paglen, Trevor -- Catalogs | Paglen, Trevor -- Interviews | Paglen, Trevor | 2000-2099 | Art, Modern -- 21st century | Art, ModernGenre/Form: Catalogs. | Interviews. | Catalogs. | Interviews.DDC classification: 709.2
Contents:
Lauren Cornell in conversation with Trevor Paglen -- Trevor Paglen at the limit / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Autonomy cube / Omar Kholeif -- An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language (extract), 1668 / John Wilkins ; Encrypted emails ; Classified TLEs ; Stellar wind report ; Telephone bills from CIA rendition flight -- Frontier photography Interview with Nato Thompson (extract) Machine eyes
Summary: The first complete monograph on an artist whose work investigates surveillance and government secrecy in the digital age. Trevor Paglen's art gives visual geography to hidden forces, relentlessly pursuing what he calls the 'unseeable and undocumentable' in contemporary society. Blending photography, installation, investigative journalism, and science, Paglen explores the clandestine activity of government and intelligence agencies, using high-grade equipment to document their movements and reveal their hidden inner workings. This book presents over three decades of Paglen's groundbreaking work, making visible the structures and technologies that impact our lives.
List(s) this item appears in: New 2020 (Winter & Spring)
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709.2 PAG 2018 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (page 157).

Interview. Lauren Cornell in conversation with Trevor Paglen -- Survey. Trevor Paglen at the limit / Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Focus. Autonomy cube / Omar Kholeif -- Artist's choice. An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language (extract), 1668 / John Wilkins ; Encrypted emails ; Classified TLEs ; Stellar wind report ; Telephone bills from CIA rendition flight -- Artist's writings. Frontier photography (2009) ; Interview with Nato Thompson (extract) (2012) ; Machine eyes (2014) -- Chronology -- Bibliography.

The first complete monograph on an artist whose work investigates surveillance and government secrecy in the digital age. Trevor Paglen's art gives visual geography to hidden forces, relentlessly pursuing what he calls the 'unseeable and undocumentable' in contemporary society. Blending photography, installation, investigative journalism, and science, Paglen explores the clandestine activity of government and intelligence agencies, using high-grade equipment to document their movements and reveal their hidden inner workings. This book presents over three decades of Paglen's groundbreaking work, making visible the structures and technologies that impact our lives.

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