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Trevor Paglen THE LAST PICTURES | 2012 UC Press Hardcover/Dust Jacket - VG/VG
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780520275003
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520275004
ISBN-13
9780520275003
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117161256
Product Key Features
Book Title
Last Pictures
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Space Science, Popular Culture, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-017150
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"This is not just a publicist-driven fancy. . . . [Paglen's images are] aesthetic and allegorical. . . . A unique tale of human history."-- Wallpaper, _This is not just a publicist-driven fancy. . . . [Paglen_s images are] aesthetic and allegorical. . . . A unique tale of human history._, This is not just a publicist-driven fancy. . . . [Paglen's images are] aesthetic and allegorical. . . . A unique tale of human history.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
709.2
Table Of Content
Foreword by Anne Pasternak and Nato Thompson Introduction: Geographies of Time 1 Ancient Aliens 2 One Hundred Pictures, Frozen in Time "Belonging": Human/Archive/World by Katie Detwiler 3 One Hundred Pictures Notes on the One Hundred Pictures 4 Field Notes The Artifact Cover Etching by Joel Weisberg Talking Mathematics to Aliens? (Get Real! . . . or Have Fun with Anthropomorphism 101!) by Rafael Núñez Putting a Time Capsule in Orbit: What Should It Be Made Of? by Brian L. Wardle and Karl Berggren The EchoStar XVI Mission by EchoStar Corporation Epilogue Acknowledgments Credits
Synopsis
Human civilizations' longest lasting artifacts are not the great Pyramids of Giza, nor the cave paintings at Lascaux, but the communications satellites that circle our planet. In a stationary orbit above the equator, the satellites that broadcast our TV signals, route our phone calls, and process our credit card transactions experience no atmospheric drag. Their inert hulls will continue to drift around Earth until the Sun expands into a red giant and engulfs them about 4.5 billion years from now. The Last Pictures , co-published by Creative Time Books, is rooted in the premise that these communications satellites will ultimately become the cultural and material ruins of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, far outlasting anything else humans have created. Inspired in part by ancient cave paintings, nuclear waste warning signs, and Carl Sagan's Golden Records of the 1970s, artist/geographer Trevor Paglen has developed a collection of one hundred images that will be etched onto an ultra-archival, golden silicon disc. The disc, commissioned by Creative Time, will then be sent into orbit onboard the Echostar XVI satellite in September 2012, as both a time capsule and a message to the future. The selection of 100 images, which are the centerpiece of the book, was influenced by four years of interviews with leading scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists about the contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. Consequently, The Last Pictures engages some of the most profound questions of the human experience, provoking discourse about communication, deep time, and the economic, environmental, and social uncertainties that define our historical moment. Copub: Creative Time Books, Human civilizations' longest lasting artifacts are not the great Pyramids of Giza, nor the cave paintings at Lascaux, but the communications satellites that circle our planet. In a stationary orbit above the equator, the satellites that broadcast our TV signals, route our phone calls, and process our credit card transactions experience no atmospheric drag. Their inert hulls will continue to drift around Earth until the Sun expands into a red giant and engulfs them about 4.5 billion years from now. The Last Pictures , co-published by Creative Time Books, is rooted in the premise that these communications satellites will ultimately become the cultural and material ruins of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, far outlasting anything else humans have created. Inspired in part by ancient cave paintings, nuclear waste warning signs, and Carl Sagan's Golden Records of the 1970s, artist/geographer and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Trevor Paglen has developed a collection of one hundred images that will be etched onto an ultra-archival, golden silicon disc. The disc, commissioned by Creative Time, will then be sent into orbit onboard the Echostar XVI satellite in September 2012, as both a time capsule and a message to the future. The selection of 100 images, which are the centerpiece of the book, was influenced by four years of interviews with leading scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists about the contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. Consequently, The Last Pictures engages some of the most profound questions of the human experience, provoking discourse about communication, deep time, and the economic, environmental, and social uncertainties that define our historical moment. Copub: Creative Time Books
LC Classification Number
N6537.P22A4 2012
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