Drone art : the everywhere war as medium / Thomas Stubblefield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stubblefield, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drone aircraft--United States--In art.

Drone aircraft.

Drone aircraft--In mass media.

Drone aircraft--Political aspects--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : The University of California Press, [2020]

Summary:

"What happens when a drone enters a gallery or appears on screen? What thresholds are crossed as this weapon of war occupies everyday visual culture? These questions have appeared with increasing regularity since the advent of the War on Terror, when drones began migrating into civilian platforms of film, photography, installation, sculpture, performance art, and theater. As the first monograph dedicated to the subject, this book attempts to not only define the emerging genre of "drone art" but to outline its primary features, identify its historical lineages, and assess its political aspirations. Richly detailed and politically salient, this book is the first comprehensive analysis of the intersections of drones, art, technology, and power."-- Provided by publisher.

"What happens when a drone enters a gallery or appears on screen? What thresholds are crossed as this weapon of war occupies everyday visual culture? These questions have appeared with increasing regularity since the advent of the War on Terror, when drones began migrating into civilian platforms of film, photography, installation, sculpture, performance art, and theater. As the first monograph dedicated to the subject, this book attempts to not only define the emerging genre of "drone art" but to outline its primary features, identify its historical lineages, and assess its political aspirations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the perverse symmetry of drone art

Signature strikes and world-making

How to photograph a drone : the nesting logic of vertical empire

From the ground below : spotting industries, smartphones and the post-panopticism of drones

The animal remainder : excavating non-human life from contemporary drones

Showing sensing : drone space and post-media in film and theater

Conclusion : super symmetry, capital and war

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Stubblefield, Thomas. Drone art.

ISBN:

9780520339613

0520339614

9780520339620

0520339622

OCLC:

1110672980