Ground Control: Drone Training Center, Ft. Huachuca, AZ
Drones (aka Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are controlled from the ground by humans in networks of military bodies, buildings, vehicles, communications and information apparatus. Their agency is shaped by human interaction and interpretation.

The Disposition of Drones

Feb, 2018 . Hillary Mushkin

When civilians talk about military drones, we often imagine the aerial view, the remote-controlled camera, the fuzzy targets on a screen. Operations on the ground are considerably more varied, and harder to picture. The first thing to understand is that the image of a lone gamer-pilot with his finger on the button is a myth . . . Read more at Places Journal.

WATCH

In conversation with Lisa Glauer and Rajkamal Kahlon, Hillary Mushkin discusses Ft. Huachuca and the biopolitical facets of the border between San Diego and Tijuana. Presented in conjunction with Glauer’s project Striplandings and Salon für Ästhetische Experimente #1 at HKW Berlin, 27 March 2017.

https://vimeo.com/513401903