Trevor Paglen
By: Lauren Cornell, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Omar Kholeif
Contributors: Cornell, Lauren, interviewer; Bryan-Wilson, Julia, author; Kholeif, Omar, author
Series: Contemporary artists; Contemporary artists
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780714873442
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Catalogs; Interviews; Modern Art
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 157).
Table of contents: title: Interview.; title: Lauren Cornell in conversation with Trevor Paglen -- -- Survey.; title: Trevor Paglen at the limit  -- Julia Bryan-Wilson -- Focus.; title: Autonomy cube  -- Omar Kholeif -- Artist's choice.; title: An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language (extract), 1668 / John Wilkins ;; title: Encrypted emails ;; title: Classified TLEs ;; title: Stellar wind report ;; title: Telephone bills from CIA rendition flight -- -- Artist's writings.; title: Frontier photography -- (2009) ;; title: Interview with Nato Thompson (extract) -- (2012) ;; title: Machine eyes-- (2014)-- Chronology-- Bibliography.