the eye sees in a million ways unable to comprehend what fervent destructions are wrought by its reach, or: the embattlement of personhood and privacy

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2020-01-01

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Visual Arts

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Imaging and Digital Arts

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Abstract

Drones and other autonomous technologies may appear, at first glance, as elements in a science fiction plot. However, drones are not innocuous gadgets, but are instead tools for surveillance coupled with the capacity to do great harm. The sound they produce denotes their presence and, like the birds they seem to emulate, are omens of destruction and invasion. My theses brings an awareness to the drones' true purpose and proposes that we should leverage our voices to protest their manifestation, not deny their inclusion. I attend to and speak more fully on portent, exploring drones and birds, arguing that drones will come to inhabit the sky as avian creatures do and that we must come to a point of understanding on how drones will be ingrained in daily life.