DRONE SHADOW ON THE PLAINE DE PLAINPALAIS

SA 9.7.2016 in the morning

PLAINE DE PLAINPALAIS – NEAR THE SKATE PARK
Realisation in the morning. Visible few days.
11h : Guided Tour of the exhibition Caméra(Auto)Contrôle by Joerg Bader

The Cen­ter of Pho­tog­ra­phy Geneva pro­pose on the Plaine de Plain­palais a ver­sion of “Drone Shadow”, an open pro­ject ini­ti­ated by artist James Bri­dle, whose work “Lon­don Sur­veil­lance Cam­eras” is also vis­i­ble in the ex­hi­bi­tion Caméra(Auto)Contrôle (until July 31).

A guided tour of the ex­hi­bi­tion by Joerg Bader, di­rec­tor of the CPG et co-cu­ra­tor will be con­cluded by a visit of the Drone Shadow on lo­ca­tion.

The Drone Shadow is not just a pic­ture of a drone. It is a di­a­gram of a po­lit­i­cal sys­tem.” James Bri­dle.

James Bridle, "Drone Shadow – Plaine de Plainpalais, Genève", 2016

James Bri­dle, “Drone Shadow – Plaine de Plain­palais, Genève”, 2016

James Bri­dle is an au­thor, pub­lisher, and tech­nol­ogy ex­pert. His work stands at the in­ter­sec­tion of lit­er­a­ture, cul­ture, and net­works. The Drone Shad­ows are a se­ries of in­stal­la­tions that con­sist in 1:1-scale out­lines of drones that trans­pose both the phys­i­cal re­al­ity and the ap­par­ent in­vis­i­bil­ity of these un­manned air­craft. First pro­duced in Lon­don in 2012, this piece has since been re­it­er­ated in dif­fer­ing forms around the world. The artist him­self pro­vides a guide en­cour­ag­ing any­one who might be in­ter­ested to cre­ate other sil­hou­ettes.