Slow Motion Revolution

Are we fooling ourselves? Or is something really going on....
Maybe like a -- "SLOW MOTION REVOLUTION"
or maybe it's just been a summer of the Deep Freeze...

Print - Close Window Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 14:10:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Monday Night-- Trevor Paglen -- The Secret Bases -- 08.08.05, 7:30 P From: julie -- @ somewhere To: "Alan Moore" <awm13579@yahoo.com>
Hey Alan!I was going through old emails last week and found yours with the name ofyour friend in Argentina. Argh, it somehow got lost in the shuffle on my way there, sigh. It was a good trip, though -- just enough to get a sense of what goes on down there. We visited some museums, some of the sitesthat have weekly protests, a sort of organizing center, and tried to find a community garden (to no avail, but it made for an interesting trip to the suburbs nonetheless), among other activities. Oh, and we also went to Uruguay and rented bicycles in a smallish town on the Rio Plata -- Uruguay is a place you just never think you'll go. I did get to 16 Beaver last week to see the Belltown Paradise presentation-- it was really neat (I've never surfed and thus am lacking cool lingo). Did you see them at another site? I picked up a copy of the book, in case you didn't have a chance and would like to check it out. Anyway, the below sounds good, as well -- I'm going to plan to go.Thanks so much for continuing to send out these announcements -- it's really appreciated.
Julie
> Hi - that Friday last at ABC No Rio with Critical Mass & RMO etc. was> boss!! (old surfer lingo)> this guy Trevor is an inventive collaborative activist artist> he'll be good> -a

>>>> New York Friends,> Hi everyone. I wanted to let you know about an upcoming presentation I'm> doing at 16 Beaver on August 8. I hope that some of you can make it to the> talk/discussion. We'll be talking about secret military stuff and we'll> have> drinks afterward. [BOSS!] I've got some extremely weird stuff to show you from my> new project. Also, let me know if you want me to stop spamming you, ok?> Thanks.> Here are the details and a few pictures.> 16 Beaver Group> Where: 16 Beaver Street, 4th floor> NYC>
When: Monday Night 08.08.05 @ 7:30 pm>
http://www.16beavergroup.org/> http://www.paglen.org/> The Secret Bases:> Exploring the Pentagon's "Black World"> Trevor Paglen>> Over the last several years Pentagon spending on secret projects has> reached> unprecedented levels. This level of hidden military spending translates> into> a variety of extremely peculiar built environments and landscapes. From> the> popular phenomenon of "Area 51," to nondescript locales like the Helendale> Avionics Facility, the Southwest is littered with places where the> military> develops, tests, and operates technologies that "do not exist." Defense> industry insiders refer to this assemblage of clandestine infrastructures,> secret bases, and state capacities as the "black world" (and yes, they> really do talk like that).>> For geographers and cultural producers, these hidden military landscapes> pose bizarre visual and epistemic challenges and paradoxes. How might we> see> places whose very existence is a state secret? What are some empirical> means> that we can use to detect the presence of carefully constructed absences?> What happens when the norms of visuality and intelligibility begin to> collapse? What do these epistemic limit-cases look like? What do they> sound> like?>> In order to pursue this project, I have developed some unorthodox methods> to> research and document traces of hidden military landscapes, movements, and> economies. These techniques include "limit telephotography," symbology,> ad-hoc participatory anthropology, amateur geospatial intelligence> collection, plane-spotting, and military communications monitoring. In> this> presentation, I will demonstrate some of these unusual techniques and> discuss some of the projects that have come out of these efforts.>> Images:> Patch (this is not a joke...): "Tastes Like Chicken"> Image: The Tonopah Test Range at Night, distance = 20 miles>>>> Alan W. Moore> 135 Corson Ave.> Staten Isle, NY 10301> cel: 917 574 8392> video: http://www.brickhaus.com/amoore> MWF/Colab: 123 Scribner Ave SI NY 10301
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