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Time Study (Predator; Indian Springs, NV), 2010
In Time Study (Predator; Indian Springs, NV), Paglen references Edweard Muybridge (1830-1904). Like Timothy O'Sullivan and Ansel Adams, Muybridge photographed the American West before embarking on the time and motion studies referred to here. Paglen's work raises questions about the neutrality of technologically mediated vision. For Muybridge, that technology was the camera; for Paglen, it is the drone. In Time Study, Paglen asks us to consider the advent of machine vision as embodied by the drone, and its potential for both protection and harm. |