I'm pretty cynical about the future, but I feel like that's not an ethical position for me to take. It's not okay for me to behave as if I'm cynical about the future. Even if I am.
Trevor PaglenArt is more than a series of images that are disembodied. Art is objects that live in real places, economies, spaces, architecture.
Trevor PaglenThe U.S. generally wants to solve problems with coercion. That's kind of the default way the American state wants to try to solve problems. So there are many parallels between that: mass incarceration, mass surveillance, and militarism.
Trevor Paglen