Big Brother: the artists that defend privacy

The drone fascinated or terrified . Curious geeks and technology are more likely to use it to capture images of landscapes and post them on social networks , among others. But companies or institutions also use it to monitor and even continue the war of terrorism. One can then imagine how Alex Cornell , designer and artist, irreversible future use .

This inhabitant of San Francisco has used drones shot by his own images to make a video montage within the science fiction: "In the near future , cities use semi -autonomous UAVs for urban security ." Ultimately, it is the threat of Big Brother looming , even in a world where machines have taken over.

An assumption not really far-fetched : the Obama administration voted February 14, 2013 a law that allows 2015 the drones to fly over the United States . It also intends to develop intensely surveillance of American citizens via drone future government agencies and local policies .

The drone , " emblematic object of the 21st century "

Alex Cornell is not an isolated artist. It is an artistic and Anglo-Saxon political movement emerging that questions , challenges or processes new systems of remote monitoring and remote massacres . We can reconstruct the path by the stream of artists, architects and digital artists sometimes intensifying since 2011 . The movement starts today structuring early 2013 , some of these artists will be exposed to Ann Arbort Art Center of Michigan, in an exhibition entitled simply " Drones " , which states that " the drone is emblematic object of the 21st century " .

Works of New York street- artist ESSAM , arrested in 2012, figure- lighthouse and martyr of this movement will be exhibited . He had worked for three years for the U.S. Army as a geospatial analyst before making provocative works commenting on the domestic and international use of drones by the U.S.. His arrest would aim " to stifle freedom of expression defined by the First Amendment " by association "Free Essam " , which has been campaigning for over a year for his release.