
In April 2014, a group of activists and artists installed this enormous poster in a field in Pakistan to stare up at the remote operators of unmanned aerial vehicles. The image is of a child reportedly orphaned in a 2009 drone strike. The “Not A Bug Splat” art project is the work of Pakistanis, Americans and the French street artist JR, and illustrates the transmedia context – poster, Web, surveillance cameras, etc. – of contemporary image engagement. (Photo courtesy of notabugsplat.com)
Top Image: Alfredo Jaar, Geography = War, 1991. Five light boxes with color photographic transparencies are suspended over 63 metal barrels filled with water. (Photo: Courtney Mowry via flickr) |