Drone Shadow 002 (Istanbul), 2012. Courtesy James Bridle.

The Corcoran Gallery will open a rather timely exhibition this summer from London artist James Bridle on drone warfare.

Bridle uses publicly available resources like Google Maps and social networks “to investigate, visualize, and call attention to otherwise unexamined information about the worldwide military application of unmanned aerial vehicles,” according to a release. “A Quite Disposition,” which opens June 19, will feature prints, computer installations and a “drone shadow” (pictured above) outside the downtown museum.

The title of the installation refers to the “disposition matrix,” a targeting list designed by the Obama administration. As the Post explained:

The matrix contains the names of terrorism suspects arrayed against an accounting of the resources being marshaled to track them down, including sealed indictments and clandestine operations. U.S. officials said the database is designed to go beyond existing kill lists, mapping plans for the “disposition” of suspects beyond the reach of American drones.

“The issues addressed in this exhibition are of pressing concern to me, and hopefully to others, both in their examination of contemporary warfare but also their wider implications for society’s relationship to technology,” Bridle said in the release. “I greatly appreciate the Corcoran’s support in raising them, particularly in such a relevant location, just blocks from the White House.”