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Trevor Paglen paglen.studio / Archive Index
UNKNOWN 85237
File No. 2023-085237 Series: Limit Telephotography Status: Ongoing

UNKNOWN
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Classified military satellite — photographed from the Nevada desert at dusk, 2023

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Selected Works

Records 01–06 of 247
File 2023-PA-40 Palladium Variation 40 Archival pigment print · 2023
File 2012-LP-01 The Last Pictures Silicon disc, EchoStar XVI · 2012
File 2023-PA-42 Palladian Variation 42 Archival pigment print · 2023
File 2023-UK-89161 UNKNOWN 89161 C-print · 2023
Bio

Subject Overview

Trevor Paglen is an artist, geographer, and writer whose practice investigates mass surveillance, data collection, and the hidden infrastructures of contemporary power.

Working across photography, sculpture, investigative journalism, and experimental science, Paglen's work attempts to make visible systems and spaces that shape modern life but remain largely unseen — from classified military bases to the undersea cables that carry the internet.

His work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Walker Art Center, among other institutions worldwide.

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Recent Activity

01 Palladium Variations — Kunsthalle Wien 2024
02 Essay: The Visible and the Secret 2023
03 Keynote — Data & Society Summit 2023
04 Public Commission — SFO Airport 2022
05 UNKNOWN Series — Pace Gallery NY 2022
06 Book: Invisible Images — Verso 2021
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