Unmarked planes and Hidden Geographies

tellurian — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:31:28 -0800

An interesting project from the latest Vectors Journal. "Legend has it that Paglen, who has been called the Fox Mulder of cultural geography, was personally instrumental in provoking the military to extend the perimeter around Area 51 by several miles in an attempt to thwart one of his counter-surveillance efforts" [via]

Trevor vs. The Torture Taxi

jonp72 — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:07:18 -0800

Trevor Paglen is a scholar and artist who investigates the California prison-industrial complex and secret military bases in his work as an "experimental geographer." In his new book, Tracking the Torture Taxi, Paglen uses the methods of "21st century participatory journalism" (including a Google Earth image of a CIA interrogation facility) to uncover the network of private planes (such as Aero Contractors of Smithfield, NC) that whisk people off to secret prisons without oversight.

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Unmarked planes and Hidden Geographies

Trevor vs. The Torture Taxi