The Above

Tue Sep 29 2015

The Above

Kirsten Johnson

(8 min.)

In Kirsten Johnson’s The Above, a U.S. military surveillance balloon floats on a tether high above Kabul, Afghanistan. Its capacities are both highly classified and deeply mysterious.

Interview with Kirsten Johnson, Director of The Above

The Above

Kirsten Johnson

Interview with Kirsten Johnson, Director of The Above

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