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By Honor Harger, April 2013 | By Honor Harger, April 2013 |
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| On Tuesday 16 April 2013, I gave a talk in Brussels at the seminar, //[[http://thedigitalnow.be/?page_id=178|Look Up in the Sky!]]//, which was organised by Cimatics as part of their [[http://thedigitalnow.be/?page_id=7|Digital Now]] programme to coincide with the Brussels Art Fair. Michel van Dartel moderated, Bram Crevits introduced the exhibition he curated for the programme, and [[http://booktwo.org/|James Bridle]] gave an excellent talk on drones called ‘A Quiet Disposition’, which he’ll be [[http://is.gd/jamestalk|reprising at Lighthouse]] in Brighton, on 9 May 2013. |
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| My talk followed on from [[http://decelerator.blogspot.fr/2012/11/a-drones-eye-view-revealing-killing.html|a piece I wrote last November]], which looked at contemporary artists’ responses to drones. It was an attempt to provide some recent art-historical context. Below is a rough account of what I said, annotated and illustrated where practical. |
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[[http://c-astral.com/|{{http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/8738492108_5cf0ae9ed2_o.jpg}}]] | [[http://c-astral.com/|{{http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/8738492108_5cf0ae9ed2_o.jpg}}]] |
C-Astral Bramor UAV during landing, Kilpisjaervi, Lapland, November 2012, courtesy of Marko Peljhan | C-Astral Bramor UAV during landing, Kilpisjaervi, Lapland, November 2012, courtesy of Marko Peljhan |
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On Tuesday 16 April 2013, I gave a talk in Brussels at the seminar, //[[http://thedigitalnow.be/?page_id=178|Look Up in the Sky!]]//, which was organised by Cimatics as part of their [[http://thedigitalnow.be/?page_id=7|Digital Now]] programme to coincide with the Brussels Art Fair. Michel van Dartel moderated, Bram Crevits introduced the exhibition he curated for the programme, and [[http://booktwo.org/|James Bridle]] gave an excellent talk on drones called ‘A Quiet Disposition’, which he’ll be [[http://is.gd/jamestalk|reprising at Lighthouse]] in Brighton, on 9 May 2013. | |
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My talk followed on from [[http://decelerator.blogspot.fr/2012/11/a-drones-eye-view-revealing-killing.html|a piece I wrote last November]], which looked at contemporary artists’ responses to drones. It was an attempt to provide some recent art-historical context. Below is a rough account of what I said, annotated and illustrated where practical. | |
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Which calls to mind our last example, a project by the speculative architect, [[http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/monthly-talk-liam-young|Liam Young]], of [[http://www.tomorrowsthoughtstoday.com/|Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today]], who spoke last month at Lighthouse. | Which calls to mind our last example, a project by the speculative architect, [[http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/monthly-talk-liam-young|Liam Young]], of [[http://www.tomorrowsthoughtstoday.com/|Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today]], who spoke last month at Lighthouse. |
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<html><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36267881" width="500" height="363" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/36267881">Electronic Countermeasures @ GLOW Festival NL 2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5313848">liam young</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></html> | <html><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36267881?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="600" height="435" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></html> |
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| {{>http://vimeo.com/36267881}} |
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[[http://vimeo.com/36267881|Electronic Countermeasures (2011)]] uses UAVs to create an ad-hoc wireless MESH network for communication. It is a poetic enactment of [[http://is.gd/babbage|Babbage’s observation]] that ‘the air itself is one vast library’ – an information-rich airspace. And, using a completely different type of UAV, it also calls to mind Marko Peljhan’s TRUST System – a conversion of a drone into a communication and broadcast system – in this instance, a mesh network. | [[http://vimeo.com/36267881|Electronic Countermeasures (2011)]] uses UAVs to create an ad-hoc wireless MESH network for communication. It is a poetic enactment of [[http://is.gd/babbage|Babbage’s observation]] that ‘the air itself is one vast library’ – an information-rich airspace. And, using a completely different type of UAV, it also calls to mind Marko Peljhan’s TRUST System – a conversion of a drone into a communication and broadcast system – in this instance, a mesh network. |
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<blockquote>//This text originally appeared on Honor Harger's blog as [[http://honorharger.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/unmanned-aerial-ecologies-proto-drones-airspace-and-canaries-in-the-mine/|'Unmanned Aerial Ecologies']], and is republished here with permission.//</blockquote> | <blockquote>//This text originally appeared on Honor Harger's blog as [[http://honorharger.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/unmanned-aerial-ecologies-proto-drones-airspace-and-canaries-in-the-mine/|'Unmanned Aerial Ecologies']], and is republished here with permission.//</blockquote> |
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