Shona Illingworth, Topologies of Air, 2021. Three-channel digital video and multichannel sound installation, 45 min. Installation view: Topologies of Air, The Power Plant, Toronto, 2022. Photograph: Toni Hafkenschied, Courtesy of the artist. Centre image courtesy of the Imperial War Museum, London.
Can we deploy creative practices to critically address the fatal interlocking of global surveillance technologies, neo-colonial expansionism, environmental degradation and the lethal threat of drone warfare? Throughout the following conversation, Shona Illingworth and Anthony Downey examine these and other questions in relation to the recent publication of Topologies of Air (Sternberg Press and The Power Plant, 2022).
