Data - traces : virtuality and materiality in Trevor Paglen
The American geographer and photo artist Trevor Paglen explores the material substructure of digital communication and the surveillance techniques made possible by it in several series of works. As an investigative artist, he not only follows the...
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The American geographer and photo artist Trevor Paglen explores the material substructure of digital communication and the surveillance techniques made possible by it in several series of works. As an investigative artist, he not only follows the "evidential paradigm" (Carlo Ginzburg), but also artistically stages traces and trace reading in his photographs. The contribution examines the relationship between material traces and digital data. Using photographs from the series "Landing Sites" and "The Other Night Sky" as examples, it asks what evidentiary character the traces documented, staged, and produced by Paglen possess.
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