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Art: Photography Trevor Paglen: The Other Night Sky

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Trevor Paglen photographs what we can't see — and what the government doesn't want us to see. Using a battery of technologically sophisticated methods on par with his subjects' covert military technology, Paglen reveals the traces of a shadow world of secret bases, orbiting satellites, air-force training missions, and other operations taking place far from prying eyes. The beauty of Paglen's intensely hued nighttime panoramas is undercut by their hidden machinations: surveillance vessels appear as bright stars, aircraft contrails as meteorites. One leaves with the uneasy knowledge that we are definitely not alone, and are constantly being watched.

– Matt Sussman

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