A still from O Leonardo
rious works related to drones, nukes, war profiteers and other lovely topics. We’re always looking for contributions and collaborators, so any artist interested in the site should feel free to contact me.
weapons, government secrecy, and the American Dream. Thanks for your questions and your fabulous publication!
One upcoming project I’m working on is a phone app called Freedom! that automatically alerts the user when there’s a deadly drone strike in Pakistan, Yemen, etc. This is not a new idea, but we give the concept a critical spin: every drone hit brings an ironic burst of patriotic animations (bald eagles, flags, fireworks, football players) noisily celebrating this great victory for democracy. I also hope to begin work on some two dozen 90-second videos that will be released online in serial form as The Conqueror. These will be strange, intersecting narratives about Howard Hughes, John Wayne, Genghis Khan, atomic
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