Lisa Barnard’s “Hyenas of the Battlefield, Machines in the Garden” examines the “unholy alliance” between the military, the entertainment industry, and technology, and the role of the screen in these relationships. Barnard is credited as the photographer. The book is published by GOST Books and includes essays by Julian Stallabrass and Eugénie Shinkle.

The publisher catalogue lists a 2015 publication date, 192 pages, and a silkscreen-printed soft cover. Barnard’s project studies how military power, commercial entertainment, and technology converge around modern warfare. Rather than presenting a conventional war report, the book considers the screen as a central medium through which these relationships are displayed and understood.

The silkscreen-printed soft cover is a notable physical feature of the edition, and the essays by Stallabrass and Shinkle frame the project within broader criticism of representation and military technology. The book situates itself between documentary photography and art practice, asking how images and interfaces shape the experience of conflict. Its subject—the mediation of warfare and its proximity to entertainment—remains relevant, and the combination of Barnard’s photographs with critical essays invites sustained attention.