under the shadow of the drone by james bridle

under the shadow of the drone by james bridle, 2013photo courtesy of lighthouse / roberta mataityte

‘under the shadow of the drone’ by james bridle is a is a one-to-one representation of an MQ-9 reaper military drone drawn onto the brighton seafront. the installation was commissioned by the lighthouse as part of  the 2013 brighton festival.

‘it’s on the seafront for a month. this time it’s green, and brighton’s local politics (the only green party mp in the country)  made it necessary to articulate this choice – partly forced by local planning laws. this green is the colour of the future; chromakey green; greenscreen; the colour onto which we project our hopes and fantasies. it is the colour of  technologically-augmented vision; the bright green of digital cameras and machine vision; of laser targetting systems; of late evolution. this green is the least ‘natural’ of colours; or rather, it is the colour of another nature, verdant and elusive,  that we live within and alongside, but have barely begun to notice.’   – james bridle

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photo courtesy of lighthouse / roberta mataityte

james bridlephoto courtesy of lighthouse / roberta mataityte

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