Untitled (Drone), sculpture en fibre de verre à grande échelle d'un drone abstrait, High Line, New York. L'artiste Sam durant se concentre sur les questions de surveillance.
7952 x 5304 px | 67,3 x 44,9 cm | 26,5 x 17,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
22 mars 2022
Lieu:
New York City, Manhattan, High Line park, 10th Avenue, 30th Street
Informations supplémentaires:
Sam Durant – drone 2001, a large-scale sculpture in the shape of an abstracted drone revolving atop a 25 foot tall steel pole. Designed as the focal point of the Spur, (section of the High Line over the intersection of 10 th Avenue and 30th Street) the Plith is the first space on this public walkway dedicated solely to new commissions of contemporary art. The sculpture is modeled after the Predator drone, a remotely piloted aircraft that was used the the US military to connect reconnaissance around the world, airstrikes in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Syria, Somalia and Yemen. Durant seeks to raise awareness and spark discussion by making visible the obscured drone warfare and to remind the public that drones and surveillance are a tragic and pervasive presence in the daily lives of contemporary societies. The use of drones continues to spread rapidly throughout the world, both for surveillance and warfare. They can also be employed for humanitarian purposes – delivery of supplies, medicine to isolated locations, surveying minefields, fighting wildfires.
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