The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Architecture and Design and its Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP) initiative welcome Eyal Weizman for a conversation with associate curator Sean Anderson. Weizman is Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and a founder of Forensic Architecture. In recent years, Forensic Architecture has begun using novel research methods to undertake a series of investigations into human rights abuses. Today, the group provides crucial evidence for international courts and works with a wide range of activist groups and NGOs, as well as Amnesty International, and the United Nations. Forensic Architecture has not only shed new light on human rights violations and state crimes across the globe, but has also created a new form of investigative practice, which bears its name. They use architecture as an optical device to investigate armed conflicts and environmental destruction, and to cross-reference a variety of evidence sources, such as new media, remote sensing, material analysis, witness testimony, and crowdsourcing.
This program coincides with the publication of Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability (The MIT Press).
The conversation begins at 7:00 p.m. and will be followed by a small reception. Refreshments will be served.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to [email protected].