{"product_id":"trevor-paglen-sites-unseen","title":"Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e John P. Jacob and Luke Skrebowski; contributions by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and Kate Crawford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCo-Publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e D Giles Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252 pp.: ill (174 color and black-and-white)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN Hardcover:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-911282-33-4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 ¬º x 10 ¬º in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field--name-field-blurb-text field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field--label\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field--item\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/americanart.si.edu\/artist\/trevor-paglen-30116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eTrevor Paglen\u003c\/a\u003e blurs the lines between art, science, and investigative journalism to construct unfamiliar and at times unsettling ways to see and interpret the world around us. Inspired by the landscape tradition, he captures the same horizon seen by American photographers Timothy O‚ÄôSullivan in the nineteenth century and Ansel Adams in the twentieth. Only in Paglen‚Äôs photographs is the infrastructure of surveillance also apparent-a classified military installation, a spy satellite, a tapped communications cable, a drone, an artificial intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA midcareer survey of this MacArthur Award‚Äìwinning artist, this catalogue presents Paglen‚Äôs early photographic series alongside his recent sculptural objects and new work with artificial intelligence.  Curator and author John P. Jacob explores Paglen‚Äôs photographs, which show things that we are not meant to see but that Paglen considers symptomatic of our time. If those images are unsettling, Paglen‚Äôs sculptural works help us to imagine a potentially different world. Author Luke Skrebowski takes up these ‚Äúimpossible objects‚Äù in his probing essay.  With more than 170 illustrations, \u003cem\u003eTrevor Paglen: Sites Unseen \u003c\/em\u003eprovides insight into this conceptual artist with activist intentions. Helping to better see the particular moment we live in and envisioning alternative futures are among his chief concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*3-Day delivery not guaranteed*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Smithsonian American Art Museum National Portrait Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520297111845,"sku":"9781911282334","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/2490\/1669\/files\/paglencover_otlnd.jpg?v=1747787582","url":"https:\/\/saamnpgstore.si.edu\/products\/trevor-paglen-sites-unseen","provider":"Smithsonian American Art Museum National Portrait Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}