A Roomful of Secrets
The future history of secret wars has yet to be written: Atomic priests and millenial vestments… the cryptomusicology of shortwave espionage… floating signals in unbreakable codes… the lost lost things… the shadow world of black ops… [this information has been redacted] —Tom Miller […]
The Eye in the Sky
A stealth addition to Secret Wars has just landed at Proteus Gowanus. panoptICONS, birds of surveillance with cameras for heads, are now observing visitors from a perch over the gallery. FRONT404 (also known as the Dutch artists Thomas voor ‘t Hekke and Bas van Oerle) invented the avian robots to draw people’s visual attention […]
Diving into the Maelstrom
In Secret Wars, the current exhibition at Proteus Gowanus, artists reveal images of concealed conflict. These hidden battles take place not only in the shadows of the geopolitical map, but also in the dark and obscure corners of our bodies and minds. The silent neuronal firings and synaptic reactions we call fear are internal reactions […]
Secret Wars
Dear Readers, Proteoscope proudly returns to your pixel screens after a monthlong break, with a new topic to go with our new exhibition. I’m Tom Miller, an anthropologist who studies sound, shamanism, and the history of science. Together with Protean creative director Tammy Pittman, I co-curated Secret Wars, the current exhibition at Proteus Gowanus. I’ll be guest […]
