Trevor Paglen: The Last Pictures

SONIC ACTS FESTIVAL – THE DARK UNIVERSE Trevor Paglen: The Last Pictures 23 February 2013 – De Balie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands --- Trevor Paglen will discuss his own work, including his project The Last Pictures, a collection of 100 images etched onto a gold silicon disc orbiting the Earth and far outlasting anything else humans have created. Expect to hear about cover-ups, redacted documents and secret satellites while Paglen explains how he conducts research. The work of geographer and author Trevor Paglen (US) deliberately blurs the lines between science, contemporary art, journalism and other disciplines to construct unfamiliar, yet meticulously researched ways to see and interpret the world. Paglen’s visual work has been exhibited at several museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Tate Modern in London. He is the author of five books, including Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World, and numerous articles on subjects such as experimental geography, state secrecy, military symbology, photography, and visuality. His most recent book, The Last Pictures, is a meditation on the intersections of deep-time, politics, and art.