VISA 183 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Trevor Paglen, Artforum, Flash Art

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5 Jul 2016
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Trevor paglen"s exhibition at metro pictures before its actual opening created a sort of. Posted on the gallery"s website and virtually shared by numerous online outlets, paglen"s little taste of his works served as a tease to the public. Just over a minute, the video features only the names of the artist and gallery and the dates of the show interspersed among a sequence of loosely related images (300). I find this particular piece of cinematography intreeguing because, normally, when i see a piece such as paglen"s i normally dont understand the meaning behind it, or the intent of such ominous pieces. Understanding that paglen"s works often probe the clandestine operations of the american military technoloindustrial complexities, i recognize the purpose of his video"s montage to critique. Described as slick cinematic spookiness, paglen may overrely on a theatricalization of the covert .

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