{"title":"Trevor Paglen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrevor Paglen\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the intersection of art, technology, and surveillance through compelling visual narratives and critical essays. His works often challenge perceptions of the unseen forces shaping contemporary society, inviting readers to consider the complexities of modern culture and state power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e and thought-provoking \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, Paglen’s books offer a unique blend of artistic vision and investigative rigor. Readers can expect innovative perspectives that illuminate hidden realities and provoke reflection on the digital age.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-last-pictures-by-trevor-paglen-9780520275003","title":"The Last Pictures","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCopub: Creative Time Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471802450156,"sku":"9780520275003","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520275003-the-last-pictures.jpg?v=1775255484"},{"product_id":"trevor-paglen-by-trevor-paglen-9783956795831","title":"Trevor Paglen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow machine and computer vision produces contemporary images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough often considered to be a fault or a glitch in the system, the event of hallucination is central to the models of image production generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Through mining the latent space of computer vision, \u003cem\u003eTrevor Paglen\u003c\/em\u003e's series \u003cem\u003eAdversarially Evolved Hallucinations\u003c\/em\u003e (2017-ongoing) reveals this phantasmal and hallucinatory domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the conversation included in this volume, he discusses how we can think from within these opaque structures and, in turn, questions the frequently inflated claims made on behalf of automated image-production systems. In an accompanying essay, Anthony Downey explores the uncanny realm of algorithmically induced images and proposes that AI, through its generative modelling of the world, invariably estranges us from the present and the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600930914540,"sku":"9783956795831","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783956795831-trevor-paglen.jpg?v=1777993275"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/trevor-paglen.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}