30c3 - Trevor Paglen - Six Landscapes - 131228 2300

Trevor Paglen discusses his work documenting the physical and digital infrastructure of government surveillance, covert operations, and spy satellites.

*** HINWEIS: Dies ist die original Version (englisch). Eine deutsche Version finden Sie hier: youtube.com/watch?v=DdMv6x0amrY *** Kommentar Fefe: "Der absolute Hammer am 2. 30c3-Tag war Seeing The Secret State: Six Landscapes! Trevor Paglen ist ein Typ, der die CIA-Cover-Fluglinien aufgedeckt hat, der nachts Spionagesatelliten fotografiert und Fotos von Area 51 und so. Unglaublich." Sprecher: Trevor Paglen english: Although people around the world are becoming increasingly aware of the United States' global geography of surveillance, covert action, and other secret programs, much of this landscape is invisible in our everyday lives. The drone war, for example, seems to happen “somewhere else” while surveillance programs take place among the (largely) invisible infrastructures and digital protocols of the internet and other communications networks. Moreover, the state agencies responsible for secret programs strive to make them as invisible as possible. In this talk, artist Trevor Paglen discusses his work attempting to “see” the various aspects of the secret state. In examples ranging from tracking spy satellites to foraging through the bureaucratic refuse of CIA front companies, Paglen will discuss methods used to identify and exploit structural contradictions in classified programs which render them visible, and comment on the aesthetics and politics of attempting to “see” secrecy. Speaker: Trevor Paglen mehr: kraftzeitung.net/news/gesellschaft/chaos-computer-congress-2… kraftzeitung.net/fefes-blog-2.0.html CC by CCC