Bibliograph

Covert operations, investigating the known unknowns, Claire C. Carter ; with essays by Sandra S. Phillips, Dana Priest

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Covert operations, investigating the known unknowns, Claire C. Carter ; with essays by Sandra S. Phillips, Dana Priest

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Covert operations

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

904758404

Responsibility statement

Claire C. Carter ; with essays by Sandra S. Phillips, Dana Priest

Sub title

investigating the known unknowns

Summary

Following the tragedies of September 11, 2001, contemporary artists such as Ahmed Basiony, Thomas Demand, Harun Farocki, Jenny Holzer, Trevor Paglen and Taryn Simon urgently pursued the complicated intersection of freedom, security, secrecy, power and violence. 'Covert operations: Investigating the known unknowns' features 13 international artists who have collected and revealed unreported information on subjects ranging from classified military sites and reconnaissance satellites to border and immigration surveillance, terrorist profiling, narcotics and human trafficking, illegal extradition flights and nuclear weapons. Among the other contributing artists are Anne-Marie Schleiner, Luis Hernandez Galvan, David Taylor, David Gurman, Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0, Hasan Elahi, and Kerry Tribe. Exhibition: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts, Scottsdale, U.S.A. (28.10.2014-11.01.2015)

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Timothy Robert Rodgers -- Prologue: the Cold War / Claire C. Carter -- Bearing witness: freedom, security and violence after 9/11 -- Exposing ourselves: photography and the covert / Sandra S. Phillips -- The art of covert operations: in a post-9/11 world / Dana Priest -- Works of art / Claire C. Carter. Evidence -- Disclosure -- Surveillance -- Simulation -- Defiance -- Acknowledgments

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