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Trevor Paglen

Past exhibition
Mar 5 - May 2, 2015
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Overview
Trevor Paglen, 2015 Installation view
Trevor Paglen, 2015
Installation view

Altman Siegel is pleased to present Trevor Paglen’s third solo exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition is comprised of recent photographs, videos, and a major new sculptural work entitled Autonomy Cube.

 

“The metaphors we use to understand mass surveillance and the Internet tend to be very abstract, and often mystifying. Words like “cyberspace”, the cloud, the information superhighway perpetrate an image of the Internet as something placeless yet ubiquitous, immaterial yet omnipresent. These metaphors are deeply misleading.” - Trevor Paglen

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Installation Views
  • Trevor Paglen, 2015 Installation view
    Trevor Paglen, 2015
    Installation view
  • Trevor Paglen, 2015 Installation view
    Trevor Paglen, 2015
    Installation view
  • Trevor Paglen NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site, Mastic Beach, New York, United States, 2014 C-print 48 x 60 in, two parts 121.9 x 152.4 cm

    Trevor Paglen
    NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site, Mastic Beach, New York, United States, 2014
    C-print
    48 x 60 in, two parts

    121.9 x 152.4 cm

     

  • Trevor Paglen and Jacob Appelbaum Autonomy Cube, 2014 Mixed media 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in 34.3 x 34.3 cm

    Trevor Paglen and Jacob Appelbaum
    Autonomy Cube, 2014
    Mixed media
    13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in

    34.3 x 34.3 cm

     
  • Trevor Paglen and Jacob Appelbaum Autonomy Cube (detail), 2014 Mixed media 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in 34.3 x 34.3 cm

    Trevor Paglen and Jacob Appelbaum
    Autonomy Cube (detail), 2014
    Mixed media
    13 1/2 x 13 1/2 in

    34.3 x 34.3 cm

     
  • Trevor Paglen, 2015 Installation view
    Trevor Paglen, 2015
    Installation view
  • Trevor Paglen NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site, Norden, Germany, 2015 C-print 49 1/8 x 61 1/8 in 124.8 x 155.3 cm

    Trevor Paglen
    NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site, Norden, Germany, 2015
    C-print
    49 1/8 x 61 1/8 in
    124.8 x 155.3 cm

  • Trevor Paglen, 2015 Installation view
    Trevor Paglen, 2015
    Installation view
  • Trevor Paglen Code Names of the Surveillance State, 2014 Video

    Trevor Paglen
    Code Names of the Surveillance State, 2014
    Video

     
  • Trevor Paglen NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site, Point Arena, California, United States, 2014 C-print 48 x 60 in, two parts 121.9 x 152.4 cm

    Trevor Paglen
    NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site, Point Arena, California, United States, 2014
    C-print
    48 x 60 in, two parts

    121.9 x 152.4 cm

  • Trevor Paglen, 2015 Installation view

    Trevor Paglen, 2015
    Installation view

  • Trevor Paglen Circles, 2015 Video Installation view
    Trevor Paglen
    Circles, 2015
    Video
    Installation view
  • Trevor Paglen Circles, 2015 Video
    Trevor Paglen
    Circles, 2015
    Video
  • Trevor Paglen, 2015 Installation view
    Trevor Paglen, 2015
    Installation view
  • Trevor Paglen NSA/GCHQ Surveillance Base, Bude, Cornwall, UK, 2014 C-print 36 x 48 in 91.4 x 121.9 cm

    Trevor Paglen
    NSA/GCHQ Surveillance Base, Bude, Cornwall, UK, 2014
    C-print
    36 x 48 in

    91.4 x 121.9 cm

Press
  • Trevor Paglen’s art includes secure Wi-Fi for viewers

    San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 20, 2015
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  • Trevor Paglen review: turning the NSA's data combing into high-concept art

    The Guardian, Mar 13, 2015
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  • NSA-Tapped Fiber Optic Cable Landing Site, Mastic Beach, New York, United States

    DIS Magazine, Mar 5, 2015
  • Trevor Paglen: Autonomy Cube

    Contemporary Art Daily, Mar 5, 2015
  • They're Watching: Art From of the Government's Surveillance Apparatus

    SF Weekly, Mar 4, 2015

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