Nov 5, 2012 4:13 PM

Gallery: Surplus Predator Drone Container Morphs Into War Protest Machine

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drone-readymade
*The Drone Readymade, with the Port of San Diego’s industrial skyline in the background.* Photo: The Periscope Project
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mysterious-origins
*The MQ-1 Predator Drone container at a military salvage site in Ramona, California.* Photo: Periscope Project

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tricky-transport
*Simple machines: unloading the drone container at the Periscope Project site.* Photo: Periscope Project
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poway-police-incident
*Altercation: Police in Poway, California question Periscope Project members about the contents of their U-Haul after a tip-off from a worried General Atomics employee.* Photo: Periscope Project

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original-destination-details
*On the container, San Diego orca stickers near a label with details about the item’s origin and destination. A different label listed the container’s price of $17,647.00. James Enos said a Predator drone costs $1.2 to $3 million.* Photo: John Hanacek/Calit2, UC San Diego
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set-up-at-night
*Drone readymade, fore, San Diego night sky, aft.* Photo: Periscope Project

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interior-decoration
*Benches and built-in shelving inside the refurbished drone case, on display at the “Drones at Home” exhibit at UCSD’s gallery@calit2 space, March 2012.* Photo: John Hanacek/Calit2, UC San Diego
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at-ucsd
*On site at the Drones at Home opening, UC San Diego.* Photo: John Hanacek/Calit2, UC San Diego

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avengers-appearance
*“Hidden in plain sight”: crates of MQ-1 Predator drones, with orange plastic lids to spare the fiberglass, stacked up in a still from Joss Whedon’s 2012 superhero movie*, The Avengers.

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