03852nam 2200589 a 450 991045276520332120200520144314.01-282-13461-297866138071990-520-95429-710.1525/9780520954298(CKB)2550000000105912(EBL)977771(OCoLC)806049446(SSID)ssj0000738101(PQKBManifestationID)12299071(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738101(PQKBWorkID)10789474(PQKB)11163185(MiAaPQ)EBC977771(DE-B1597)518917(DE-B1597)9780520954298(Au-PeEL)EBL977771(CaPaEBR)ebr10582906(CaONFJC)MIL380719(EXLCZ)99255000000010591220120501d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe last pictures[electronic resource] /Trevor PaglenNew York Creative Time Books Berkeley University of California Press20121 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27500-4 Includes bibliographical references.Front matter --CONTENTS --Foreword --Introduction: Geographies of Time --1. Ancient Aliens --2. One Hundred Pictures, Frozen in Time --3. One Hundred Pictures --The Artifact Cover Etching --Talking Mathematics to Aliens? (Get Real! . . . or Have Fun with Anthropomorphism 101!) --Putting a Time Capsule in Orbit: What Should It Be Made Of? --The EchoStar XVI Mission --Epilogue --Acknowledgments --CreditsHuman civilizations' longest lasting artifacts are not the great Pyramids of Giza, nor the cave paintings at Lascaux, but the communications satellites that circle our planet. In a stationary orbit above the equator, the satellites that broadcast our TV signals, route our phone calls, and process our credit card transactions experience no atmospheric drag. Their inert hulls will continue to drift around Earth until the Sun expands into a red giant and engulfs them about 4.5 billion years from now. The Last Pictures, co-published by Creative Time Books, is rooted in the premise that these communications satellites will ultimately become the cultural and material ruins of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, far outlasting anything else humans have created. Inspired in part by ancient cave paintings, nuclear waste warning signs, and Carl Sagan's Golden Records of the 1970's, artist/geographer Trevor Paglen has developed a collection of one hundred images that will be etched onto an ultra-archival, golden silicon disc. The disc, commissioned by Creative Time, will then be sent into orbit onboard the Echostar XVI satellite in September 2012, as both a time capsule and a message to the future. The selection of 100 images, which are the centerpiece of the book, was influenced by four years of interviews with leading scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists about the contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. Consequently, The Last Pictures engages some of the most profound questions of the human experience, provoking discourse about communication, deep time, and the economic, environmental, and social uncertainties that define our historical moment. Copub: Creative Time BooksInterstellar communicationElectronic books.Interstellar communication.709.2Paglen Trevor1036206MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452765203321The last pictures2456401UNINA01614nam0-2200301 --450 991072069480332120230825120429.0978-88-314-9256-020230529d2022----kmuy0itay5050 baitaIT 001yy<<Il >>passato presenteLuciano Canforaa cura di Chiara BozzoliRomaTeti2022120 p.21 cmHistoros«La storia si scrive sempre usando il tempo presente». Come si definisce oggi un maitre à penser? Se consideriamo tale chi è in grado di dare significato a ciò che accade tracciando una rete di relazioni tra passato e presente, mettendo il proprio sapere specialistico al servizio dell'attualità, Luciano Canfora lo è certamente. Gli strumenti della filologia, lo sguardo limpido, scevro da partigianerie e conformismi, diventano in questa raccolta di saggi efficaci dispositivi per indagare i grandi temi del pensiero contemporaneo. Antidogmatico per eccellenza e per formazione, sempre capace di esplorare prospettive multidisciplinari e di individuare continuità nel mutamento incessante della storia, Luciano Canfora ci offre una chiave di lettura per affrontare le sfide del presente.Canfora, LucianoArticoli di giornale858.9223itaCanfora,Luciano38986Bozzoli,ChiaraITUNINAREICATUNIMARCBK9910720694803321907.2 CANL 052023/843FLFBCFLFBCPassato presente3364772UNINA