ISBN: 9780520275003 - the last pictures (32 resultados)

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193 pp.; 23.5 x 21 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Monograph on Trevor Paglen''''s ambitious project "The Last Pictures." Foreword by Anne Pasternak and Nato Thompson. Texts by Katie Detwiler, Joel Weisberg, Rafael Núñez, Brian L. Wardle, Karl Berggren, with a statement by EchoStar Corporation. "Since 1963, more than eight hundred spacecraft have been launched into geosynchronous orbit, forming a man-made ring of satellites around the Earth. These satellites are destined to become the longest-lasting artifacts of human civilization, quietly floating through space long after every trace of humanity has disappeared from the planet. Trevor Paglen''''s The Last Pictures is a project that marks one of these spacecraft with a visual record of our contemporary historical moment. Paglen spent five years interviewing scientists, artists, anthropologists, and philosophers to consider what such a cultural mark should be. Working with materials scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Paglen developed an artifact designed to last billions of years--an ultra-archival disc, micro-etched with one hundred photographs and encased in a gold-plated shell. In Fall 2012, the communications satellite EchoStar XVI will launch into geostationary orbit with the disc mounted to its anti-earth deck. While the satellite''''s broadcast images are as fleeting as the light-speed radio waves they travel on, The Last Pictures will remain in outer space slowly circling the Earth until the Earth itself is no more. The conversation surrounding the selected images is vast and requires extraordinary specificity. More than a catalogue, The Last Pictures published with University of California Press acts as a critical compendium in examining the decision and implications of these 100 photographs." -- publisher''''s statement. Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing of dust jacket edges and curling to top edge. Endpaper slightly unglued from title page. Contents otherwise as new, clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight of this publication additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.…

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 194 pages; very good condition, light rubbing to dj; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condición: Used - Very Good.

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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover With Complete Dj. Copiously Illustraded With B/W Photographs. Slightly Dusty To Front And Rear Dj. 8vo.

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Hardback. Condición: New. Human 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 1970s, 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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Condición: New. 2012. Hardcover. This book chronicles a project intended to explain to someone--at some point in the distant future--what happened to the people who built derelict spacecraft. Artist/geographer Paglen spent four years interviewing scientists and others about the profound contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. Num Pages: 208 pages, 114 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 708. 208 pages, illustrations. This book chronicles a project intended to explain to someone--at some point in the distant future--what happened to the people who built derelict spacecraft. Artist/geographer Paglen spent four years interviewing scientists and others about the profound contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 238 x 203 x 17. Weight: 700. . . . . .…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Human 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 1970s, artist/geographer and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow 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 This book chronicles a project intended to explain to someone--at some point in the distant future--what happened to the people who built derelict spacecraft. Artist/geographer Paglen spent four years interviewing scientists and others about the profound contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Condición: New. 2012. Hardcover. This book chronicles a project intended to explain to someone--at some point in the distant future--what happened to the people who built derelict spacecraft. Artist/geographer Paglen spent four years interviewing scientists and others about the profound contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. Num Pages: 208 pages, 114 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 708. 208 pages, illustrations. This book chronicles a project intended to explain to someone--at some point in the distant future--what happened to the people who built derelict spacecraft. Artist/geographer Paglen spent four years interviewing scientists and others about the profound contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 238 x 203 x 17. Weight: 700. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing, signed by Paglen on the contents page, no other markings. A fine clean tight copy in equally fine dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

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Condición: New. In English.

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Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 208 pages. 10.00x8.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condición: Fine.

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This book chronicles a project intended to explain to someone - at some point in the distant future, long after the traces of human civilization have disappeared - what happened to the people who built the derelict spacecraft. Artist/geographer Trevor Paglen spent four years interviewing scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists about the profound contradictions that characterize contemporary civilizations. He collected 100 images inspired by questions about how we conceive of life. These images, which are the centerpiece of the book, will be etched onto an ultra-archival silicon disc nested inside a golden shell and put into orbit onboard the EchoStar 16 satellite in summer 2012. Interspersed with short texts by people who contributed images, ideas, and critical questions to the project, The Last Pictures is a book about perception, communication, deep time, and the economic, environmental and political uncertainties that characterize our historical moment.…

Condición: New. This book chronicles a project intended to explain to someone - at some point in the distant future, long after the traces of human civilization have disappeared - what happened to the people who built the derelict spacecraft. Artist/geographer Trevor Pagle.

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. SIGNED on front free endpaper--signature only. Book opened only for signing. Signed by Author(s).