Trevor Paglen

The Last Pictures

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This book chronicles a project intended to explain to someone¿at some point in the distant future, long after the traces of human civilization have disappeared¿what happened to the people who built the derelict spacecraft. Artist/geographer Trevor Paglen spent four years interviewing scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists about the profound contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. He collected 100 images inspired by questions about how we conceive of life. These images, which are the centerpiece of the book, will be etched onto an ultra-archival silicon disc nested inside a golden shell and put into orbit o… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-520-27500-3
EAN: 9780520275003
Produktnummer: 19666974
Verlag: University Presses
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B20.3 cm x D1.5 cm 726 g
Abbildungen: Cloth Over Boards; 114 b-w photographs
Gewicht: 726

Über den Autor

Trevor Paglen is an internationally recognized artist, writer, and scholar working across multiple disciplines in a variety of media. Among his books are Blank Spots on the Map, Torture Taxi, and I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me. His art is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.