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Interview Details
Title & Link
‘This Is the Project of a More Just World’: Trevor Paglen on Making Art That Shows Alternative Realities
Publish Date
June 11, 2018
Interviewees
Trevor Paglen
Interviewers
Brian Boucher
Publisher
Artnet
Topics
Art that shows alternative realities
Art's role in imagining a more just world
Importance of museums in data collection
Interest in AI, invisible networks, and government surveillance
Machine learning and artificial intelligence
Use of clarity and obscurity in art
People Mentioned
Freud
Lauren Cornell
René Magritte
Works Mentioned
Autonomy Cube
Octopus (Corpus: From the Depths)
Rainbow (Corpus: Omens and Predators)
The Salt Pit, Northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan
Vampire (Corpus: Monsters of Capitalism)
Vision from the Depths
Places Mentioned
Area 51
Brooklyn Bridge
Guantanamo Bay
National Security Agency
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