Have a leaked video documenting the use optical real-time technology to wipe out a cluster of civilians in a war zone. One might wonder, then, to whom are the benefits of optical technology advances accruing? Why? And what are associated costs, and should “we” pay them? Ultimately, if we think of vision technology in terms of Human Resources, as a shared concern, we may come to think of this vital field of human enterprise and awareness (as in “self-“ and “shared” or common awareness) with respect to processes of rational, universally beneficial privatization. Right now, we might then ask, “Who is managing the vision industrial complex?” And “What motivates their decisions?” Finally, is this “program” operating in our best interests?

Revisiting our discussions of art, vision and technology, now: If we appear to be straying far afield, rest assured, this is not the case! Consider, with regards The Matterhorn Project, the senseFly project utilizing a swarm of drones to map the Matterhorn in great detail. The visual data gathered by senseFly has many potential uses. The images deriving from the project are, in the terminology of “New Media,”