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

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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Contemporary artists.
Main Authors: Bryan-Wilson, Julia (Author)
Kholeif, Omar (Author)
Other Authors: Paglen, Trevor (Artist, Interviewee)
Cornell, Lauren (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2018.
Series:Contemporary artists.
Subjects:
Paglen, Trevor > Catalogs.
Paglen, Trevor > Interviews.
Paglen, Trevor.
Art, Modern > 21st century.
Art, Modern.
2000-2099
Catalogs.
Interviews.
Genre:
Catalogs.
Interviews.
Physical Description:158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 x 26 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.