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NameModded Server-Rack Display with Some Interpretations of Imagery from GCHQ ‘The Art of Deception’ Slides
ProductionSimon Denny; artist; 2015; Berlin
Classificationsculpture, installations (visual works)
Materials SummaryUV prints on Revostage platforms, powder coated 19" server racks, Cisco Systems WS-C2948G switches, LAN cables, Bachmann power strips, steel trays, EXTRA CHROME SXD II cassette tape, UV prints on plexiglas, coloured plexiglas cutouts, acrylic paint on blackboard, paperback Art of Deception book by Kevin D. Mitnick, Penn&Teller Bill of Rights - Security Edition trick cards, Penn&Teller A Perfectly Ordinary Deck of Cards box and cards, miniature camouflage net, model plastic barrels, hand painted Panda Pzkpfw. 38T Ausf. E/F 1:16 model tank, hand made plastic tank shield, hand painted Trumpeter HMS Dreadnought 1915 1:350 battleship model, 3D printed nylon mantis, Warhammer Visions magazines, Warhammer gaming models, hard rubber lizard model, hand painted foam core dummy tank, The Sphinx Independent Magazine for Magicians, UV print on plexiglas cutout, transparent and coloured plexiglas, UV prints on Aludibond, Fisso stainless steel spacers, laser cut plexiglas letters, anodised aluminium panels, permanent marker on paper, UV print on sandblasted laminated safety glass, powder coated steel and aluminium components, LED strips
Techniquesassemblage
DimensionsApproximate: 3000mm (width), 2900mm (height), 1100mm (depth)
Registration Number2015-0052-3/AA-ET to ET-ET
Credit linePurchased 2015
Overview
Among Edward Snowden’s leaked documents in 2013 was a presentation called ‘The Art of Deception’. It was allegedly written for staff training at the United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters. These presentation slides draw on sources that include magician’s tricks, psychology, internet memes, and Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Conjurer (about 1502).