Forensic Architecture
The agency Forensic Architecture uses innovative methods to investigate state and corporate forms of violence, revealing through films and an interactive platform the historical continuity of displacement in Palestine.
Forensic Architecture is a research collective based at Goldsmiths, University of London. It brings together architects, artists, journalists, programmers, lawyers, scientists, and a broad network of collaborators. Founded in 2010 by Eyal Weizman, the group develops new methods for investigating state and corporate violence and produces spatial evidence of human rights violations through a range of technological tools. Their work is carried out in collaboration with organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the United Nations.
On view in the Parter Gallery are two films that demonstrate their approach to combining investigative methodologies with personal narratives — Return to Al-Ma’in and When It Stopped Being a War. The first documents the reconstruction of the Palestinian village of al-Ma’in, destroyed in 1948, based on the testimony of historian Salman Abu Sitta. The second presents the account of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sitteh on the attack on al-Ahli hospital in Gaza on October 17, 2023. Seen together, the testimonies of uncle and nephew, Salman and Ghassan, shed light on the ongoing, intergenerational Nakba and the historical continuity of displacement and violence. The videos are accompanied by the interactive platform A Cartography of Genocide.
During the installation, two books published by Maska and related to the work of Forensic Architecture and its founder, Eyal Weizman, will be available for purchase at the Cukrarna Gallery reception:
- Matthew Fuller, Eyal Weizman: Investigative Aesthetics
- Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias: The Costs of Connection
Tickets
Free entry.