Author
Richardson; Michael
Year
2024
Publisher
Duke University Press
Language
English
Pages
35
ISBN
978-1-47802-778-2
Last Update
30-Oct-2024
Keywords
Sociology ; Communication Studies ; Political Science
TWO MQ-9 REAPERS confront each other nose to nose, simulated aerial vehicles floating above simulated mountainous country. Light bends across the mirrored surface of one; the other is gray and black, a digital replica of its physical counterpart. Interspersed by spinning reflective planes and suspended in inscrutable contemplation, the two machines seem possessed of their own needs and desires. What takes place in this communion of militarized drones? While the drone skinned in military tones and textures is disconcerting if familiar, the mirrored drone is both alluringly beautiful and horrifyingly alien, an other-than-human object across which the gaze slides and...
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