{"id":14820,"date":"2021-06-28T08:17:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T06:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&p=14820"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:00:39","slug":"while-you-were-sleeping","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/wagenknecht-addie\/while-you-were-sleeping\/","title":{"rendered":"While You Were Sleeping"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”fade-up” width=”1\/3″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”While You Were Sleeping (2016)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_size=”16″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”600″][vc_column_text]A full size replica of a drone is held down by network cables, as if ready to be freed and perform its function as a monitoring device. The unmanned flying object is regularly used to track down military objectives (be it facilities or individuals) and facilitate air strikes, making it an ominous symbol of data-driven, technological warfare that often leads to the killing of innocent people. The object is presented as a caged beast, exhibited for the entertainment of audiences but still dangerous. Its sleek black shapes make it at once seductive, reminiscent of a stylized sports car, and also mysterious and threatening.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]More works<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alone Together (2017)<\/a>
\nLiberator Vases (2016)<\/a>
\nStill Alive (2016)<\/a>
\nWhile You Were Sleeping (2016)
\nSolitaire and Cheat Codes (2015-2017)<\/a>
\nGlass Ceiling (2014)<\/a>
\nBlack Hawk Paint (2007-)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”fade-up” width=”1\/3″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”While You Were Sleeping (2016)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_size=”16″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”600″][vc_column_text]A full size replica of a drone is held down by network cables, as if ready to be freed and perform its function as a monitoring device. The unmanned flying object is regularly used to track down military objectives…<\/p>\n

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