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This machine can kill children

Cats: All Works | Performance
Tags: RAF

July 2011

I made this gentle intervention at the RAF Waddington Air show in July 2011. Waddington is the home of 39 Squadron, whose pilots operate joint British and American drone flights in Afghanistan from Nevada. The remotely piloted aircraft (RPA’s or Reapers) are used for reconnaissance and can be equipped with missiles and laser-guided bombs for …

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Flag The Receiving End

Cats: All Works | Performance
Tags: Cold War | RAF

October 2009

On 2 October 2009 Michael Sanders performed ‘The Receiving End’ as part of the SEAS International Arts Festival in Skegness. An invited audience standing outside the fence at RAF Wainfleet Air Weapons Range watched ‘the nuclear tourist’ through viewing devices and telescopes as he carried out an on site inspection and set up his mobile …

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Michael Sanders

Investigations into future archaeology