I really do think of them as post-minimalist sculptures, inspired in large part by some very early spacecraft that NASA built.
The dead spacecraft in orbit have become a permanent fixture around our planet, not unlike the rings of Saturn. They will be the longest-lasting arti… - Trevor Paglen
The dead spacecraft in orbit have become a permanent fixture around our planet, not unlike the rings of Saturn. They will be the longest-lasting arti…
- Trevor Paglen
Art is more than a series of images that are disembodied. Art is objects that live in real places, economies, spaces, architecture. - Trevor Paglen
Art is more than a series of images that are disembodied. Art is objects that live in real places, economies, spaces, architecture.
When you have an economically unequal society, you end up with huge swaths of society that are disposable, basically. - Trevor Paglen
When you have an economically unequal society, you end up with huge swaths of society that are disposable, basically.
The U.S. generally wants to solve problems with coercion. That's kind of the default way the American state wants to try to solve problems. So there … - Trevor Paglen
The U.S. generally wants to solve problems with coercion. That's kind of the default way the American state wants to try to solve problems. So there …
The switch has been built. Maybe you trust Barack Obama not to throw that switch, and maybe you trust George Bush not to throw that switch, but as we… - Trevor Paglen
The switch has been built. Maybe you trust Barack Obama not to throw that switch, and maybe you trust George Bush not to throw that switch, but as we…
I'm pretty cynical about the future, but I feel like that's not an ethical position for me to take. It's not okay for me to behave as if I'm cynical … - Trevor Paglen
I'm pretty cynical about the future, but I feel like that's not an ethical position for me to take. It's not okay for me to behave as if I'm cynical …
For a time, people were getting arrested for photographing the Brooklyn Bridge. So to me, what it meant to do photography also changed. There was a n… - Trevor Paglen
For a time, people were getting arrested for photographing the Brooklyn Bridge. So to me, what it meant to do photography also changed. There was a n…
Perhaps someday in the distant future, dinosaurs may once again rule the Earth. If they ever learn to watch the stars, then maybe they will find our … - Trevor Paglen
Perhaps someday in the distant future, dinosaurs may once again rule the Earth. If they ever learn to watch the stars, then maybe they will find our …
Injustice drives me crazy! It really upsets me when I see politicians lying. - Trevor Paglen
Injustice drives me crazy! It really upsets me when I see politicians lying.
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