BGuthrie Photos: Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Talk: Trevor Paglen ("How to See the Surveillance State") (Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture)

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Description of Pictures: Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture: How to See the Surveillance State with artist Trevor Paglen:
From tapped fiberoptic cables at the bottom of the sea to football field-sized antennas in deep space, the architecture of state surveillance is as ubiquitous as it is invisible. In this talk, artist Trevor Paglen shares more than a decade's worth of images, research, and stories about how to "see" the top-secret infrastructures that are so emblematic of our historical moment.
The Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art highlight excellence and innovation in American art through evenings with an outstanding artist, critic, and scholar.
This annual series is made possible by the generosity of Clarice Smith.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. PAGLEN_150909_020.JPG: Trevor Paglen and John Jacob
2. PAGLEN_150909_078.JPG: John Jacob, McEvoy Family Curator for Photography
3. PAGLEN_150909_112.JPG: Trevor Paglen
4. PAGLEN_150909_405.JPG: Rapid Capabilities Office Opus Dei Cum Pecunia Alienum Efficemus ["Doing God's Work with Other People's Money" -- they changed the slogan in 2012. The current one is "Miraculi Cum Pecunia Alienum Efficemus" -- Doing Miracles with Other People's Money]
5. PAGLEN_150909_408.JPG: National Reconnaissance Office We Own the Night
6. PAGLEN_150909_412.JPG: NROL-39 Nothing is Beyond Our Reach
7. PAGLEN_150909_432.JPG: Afcybercommand Resistance Is Futile
8. PAGLEN_150909_606.JPG: Julian Sanchez, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
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Featured Folk: Some of the people here can also be seen on other pages on this site.
- Paglen, Trevor appears on:
  - 2018_DC_Sites_181026 Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Panel: Sites Unseen (w/Trevor Paglen, Kate Crawford, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and Alvaro Bedoya)
  - 2018_DC_Sight_Machine_181025 Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Performance -- Sight Machine with Kronos Quartet and Trevor Paglen
  - 2018_DC_Paglen_180620 Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Artist Talk: Trevor Paglen (The Planet is a Sensor)
  - 2018_DC_SIPG_PaglenPP_180620 DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Press Preview: Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen exhibit
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