Contradictions of the Hidden Landscape
<p>Art critic Ida Hiršenfelder interviews Trevor Paglen, a radical geographer with an academic background, muckraking author and outlaw artist who has been exploring the secret activities of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies for several years. Hiršenfelder and Paglen discuss here four projects: <em>Simbology</em> (2006) – a collection of insignia and patches used in secret operations, <em>Missing Persons</em> – a list of fake names used to cover up CIA agents in the war on terror, <em>Code Names</em> – a catalogue of words, phrases and terms employed for active military programs, and <em>Limit Telephotography Project</em>, which unveils the geographies of classified U.S. military bases all over the world. This unveiling work of the deep State is made possible by the contradictory nature of the State itself, says Paglen, who also speaks about the relationship between narrative and art, art and economy, and about his idea of seeing.</p>
Authors: Ida Hiršenfelder
Artists: Trevor Paglen
Editors: Janez Janša
Design: Luka Umek, Sonja Grdina
Proofreading: Polona Petek
Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art
Part of: PostScriptUM