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The devices that once populated the creepy dystopian futures of science fiction have broken through into our daily reality.
Drones of dozens of different types are becoming a part of everyday life. They scout our public (and private) spaces, carrying out surveillance or reconnaissance in the service of nation states and as unmanned robotic tools, armed with missiles and bombs, acting in defence of "national security".
According to a European commission document, drones will be commonplace in the skies within a decade. There are already many companies building these airborne, robotic spies for military and police use and this has "prompted concerns from civil liberties groups, who fear that the unmanned aircraft will result in more forms of surveillance.” [1]
During the three weeks of Movable Borders: Here Come the Drones! people are invited to visit the gallery, view artworks and join a workshop by artists who are contemplating how drones are changing the way we see and relate to each other and the world around us.
More info: http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/movable-borders-here-come-drones
NOTES
[1] Jamie Doward. Rise of drones in UK airspace prompts civil liberties warning. Sunday 7 Oct 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/07/drones-uk-civil-liberty-fears
Bureau of Inverse Technology (US & AU), Lawrence Bird (US), Patrick Lichty (US), Dave Miller & Gavin Stewart (UK), The Force of Freedom (NL) and Dave Young (NL)
Opening Saturday 11 May 2013, 2-5pm
Open Friday to Sunday 11-5pm
MOVABLE BORDERS: THE REPOSITION MATRIX workshop
organised by Dave Young
Saturday 18 May 2013, 1-5pm
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Please register with Alessandra.
DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE: http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery-files/MB-PR.pdf
Furtherfield Gallery
McKenzie Pavilion, Finsbury Park
London N4 2NQ
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