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200 14$aThe last pictures$b[electronic resource] /$fTrevor Paglen
210   $aNew York $cCreative Time Books $cBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (209 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tForeword --$tIntroduction: Geographies of Time --$t1. Ancient Aliens --$t2. One Hundred Pictures, Frozen in Time --$t3. One Hundred Pictures --$tThe Artifact Cover Etching --$tTalking Mathematics to Aliens? (Get Real! . . . or Have Fun with Anthropomorphism 101!) --$tPutting a Time Capsule in Orbit: What Should It Be Made Of? --$tThe EchoStar XVI Mission --$tEpilogue --$tAcknowledgments --$tCredits
330   $aHuman 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 Books
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