Ars Electronica Festival · 2013
Dronestagram
by James Bridle
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2013
“Dronestagram” by James Bridle received a Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2013.
_Dronestagram_ uses Instagram and other social media to share images of the landscape of the drone wars: illegal CIA strikes by unmanned aircraft in the remote regions of Pakistan and Yemen. These landscapes, unlike the battlefields of more conventional wars, are rarely seen or reported from.
About James Bridle
James Bridle (UK) is a writer, artist, publisher and technologist. His work covers the intersection of literature, culture and the network. He has written for _Wired_, _Icon_, _The Atlantic_ and many other publications, and writes a regular column for the…
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