The Architecture of Public Truth - A project by Forensic Architecture, Centre for Research Architecture, Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London
ed. by Eyal Weizman, Susan Schuppli, Shela Sheikh, Francesco Sebregondi, Thomas Keenan, Anselm Franke
- Editor(s)
- Eyal Weizman, Susan Schuppli, Shela Sheikh, Francesco Sebregondi, Thomas Keenan, Anselm Franke
- Publication, year
- Berlin : Sternberg Press, 2014
- Scope
- 764 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.
- ISBN
- 9783956790119
Forensics originated from the term "forensis" which is Latin for “pertaining to the forum.” The Roman forum was a multidimensional space of negotiation and truth-finding in which humans as well as objects participated in politics, law, and the economy. The present use of forensics, along with its popular representations have become increasingly central to the modes by which states police and govern their subjects. By returning to forensis this book seeks to unlock forensics’ original potential as a political practice and reorient it. Inverting the direction of the forensic gaze it designates a field of action in which individuals and organizations detect and confront state violations. This book presents the work of the architects, artists, filmmakers, lawyers, and theorists who participated directly in the “Forensic Architecture” project in the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths University of London.
- Keywords
- film , video
- Location
- Cabinet 30 - 3: Kunst en Rechtspraak
- Remarks
- Incl. lexicon and Biographies of the contributors.
