2024-12-26T14:38:09-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150032969/trevor-paglen-is-a-2017-macarthur-fellow-tbt-to-our-encounter-with-the-experimental-geographer-12-years-ago Noémie Despland-Lichtert 2017-10-12T19:19:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vn/vnrsditjonjx2lwc.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The mysterious images of the physical manifestations of military power hover between abstraction and information, between the inscrutable and the mundane. They are at once compelling as visual compositions and chilling as photographic documentation of activities that are otherwise based on speculation.</p></em><br /><br /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/6030/kate-orff-and-damon-rich-awarded-2017-macarthur-genius-grant-but-urban-design-was-the-real-winner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 2017 MacArthur fellows have been revealed</a>.&nbsp;Artist and geographer, Trevor Paglen, won the award for his work on surveillance infrastructures. Twelve years ago,&nbsp;we followed Paglen on his field work and spoke with him about experimental geography.&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/22557/hitching-stealth-with-trevor-paglen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The full feature by&nbsp;Bryan Finoki is available here.</a>&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vu/vurdh8vlckbse96z.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vu/vurdh8vlckbse96z.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image via MacArthur Foundation</figcaption></figure>