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NameModded Server-Rack Display with Some Interpretations of Imagery from NSA TREASUREMAP 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, HP Proliant 380DL G5 server, UV prints on glass, painted model figures on coloured plexiglas, VisiJet PXL Color Bond 3D prints, laser cut plexiglas letters, UV print on Aludibond, Fisso stainless steel spacers, modified Terminator T-800 Endoskeleton Combat Version Life-Size Bust, steel swords, steel fitting, powder coated steel components, UV print on sandblasted laminated safety glass, LED strips
Techniquesassemblage
DimensionsApproximate: 2000mm (width), 2500mm (height), 1000mm (depth)
Registration Number2015-0052-4/AA-DZ to DZ-DZ
Credit linePurchased 2015
Overview
Technology, now particularly, seems to be a good window to look at where the concentration of power and wealth is in the world.
Simon Denny, 2015
The sword-pierced ‘Terminator’ skull here is the logo for TREASUREMAP – a project allegedly run by the United States’ National Security Agency and the United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters.
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden in 2013 revealed that it aims to ‘map the entire internet – any device, anywhere, all the time.’