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James Bridle
Art
Art Projects That Toe the Line Between Sharing and Surveillance
This is going to sound absurd, but: who watches the watchers of the watchmen?
Art
The Last Rooms Immigrants See Before Being Deported
LONDON — At the heart of artist, writer, and technologist James Bridle’s project is the notion that the images that we are not shown are just as carefully selected as the ones we are: in this day and age, visual concealment is tactical, not accidental.
Art
Tracing a Path from Cubism to Digital Art
I first learned about Cubism in an art history class my sophomore year of college. I remember the moment of revelation, after reading a lot about but still failing to grasp what exactly Picasso and Braque were after. In the darkened lecture hall one afternoon, our teacher summed it up this way: how
Art
10 Pivotal Moments for Digital Art in 2012
2012 was a great year for digital art. As Tumblr rocketed over 25 million hits a month and Instagram became a new venue for creative expression, artists continued to traverse the internet's sprawling landscape and confront us with the weirdness of our own experiences of virtual space. In this end-of
Opinion
Know Your Drones With This Model Identification Kit
Is it a bird? A plane? Superman? Nope, it's a remote-controlled surveillance and/or killing machine. James Bridle, the coiner of the New Aesthetic, has created a model kit to help civilians better understand their UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles).
Art
Is the New Aesthetic a Thing? Searching for Signs in Tupac and Google
LOS ANGELES — So much has been said about the New Aesthetic. But is it a thing?