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lecture: The Sandberg Series -Trevor Paglen
The host:
Location: Goethe-Institut
Duration per appointment: 2 hour.
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Trevor Paglen (born in 1974) is an American artist, geographer, and author.
Paglen is the author of three books including Torture Taxi, (co-authored with investigative journalist A.C. Thompson) which was the first book to comprehensively describe the CIA's extraordinary rendition program and I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me which is a look at the world of black projects through unit patches and memorabilia created for top-secret programs.
Paglen's most recent book, Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World is a broader look at secrecy in the United States.
He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a PhD in geography from the University of California at Berkeley, where he currently works as a researcher.
LOCATION
Goethe-Institut
Herengracht 470
Amsterdam
ENTRANCE
5 euro / 3 Euro (concession)
Free entrance for students from the Sandberg Institute
Please contact info@amsterdam.goethe.org or call +31-20 5312900 for reservations. For more information: www.sandberg.nl
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