This afternoon.
At Smithfield Square, Dublin 7.
The Science Gallery writes:
These life-sized outlines of various Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones are public artworks executed by the writer, publisher, artist, and technologist James Bridle.
Many military drones fly higher than 30,000 feet, where they often operate undetected either for surveillance, or for launching missiles at remote targets. This increasingly ubiquitous but stealthy tool of modern warfare is all but unseen, and the artist combats this by marking out the shadow of the drone in urban settings.
The series, produced in collaboration with designer Einar Sneve Martinussen, forms one part of James’ wide-ranging visual and textual activism dealing with issues of the post-privacy era: secret surveillance, extraordinary rendition, and the systems that permit and encourage such violence against and among citizen-subjects.
The increasing use of UAVs, among other recent designs for conflict, provokes discussion about autonomous military technologies and about the ethics of using efficient but increasingly unaccountable designs in warfare.
Earlier: ‘Who Is “We”? What Constituency Do You Represent?’
Thanks Mark Stedman and Rob Collins
Ireland loves drones. And I’m sure we manufacture many components used to kill thousands. And we support the UK and US war machine at every turn.
Best supporters in the world.
“Ireland loves drones.”
But enough about Una Mullally, Vincent Browne, and David McWilliams.
What a ball of dung.
Yeah bloody art an’ all.
Give me two eagles on my gate posts, now that’s art.
I had you down as a pineapple man
Well it *is* the weekend…
this is racist President Obama brought hope and change to the middle east he only used drone strikes for peaceful purposes as evidenced by his nobel peace prize
drones, the weapon of choice for cowards and lazy assassins.
According to this article, even the most humble insurgent group can use these gadgets: The Democratization of Airpower: The Insurgent and the Drone
http://warontherocks.com/2016/10/the-democratization-of-airpower-the-insurgent-and-the-drone/
“-artist combats this by marking out the shadow of the drone in urban settings”. Horray. We are all saved. The pen (or chalk, or whatever) is indeed mightier than the sword. Take that Obama/Clinton
I don’t like drones but am a poo artist. ooo chalk outline will work. #nailedit
Did he send another drone up to take that photo?
Yes. Frank Miller.