Bearing witness? Forensic architecture and the evidentiary power of art

Corna, Luisa Lorenza

Abstract

The article examines the juridical paradigm of the research group Forensic Architecture. In its first part, it analyzes Forensic Architecture's methods alongside Allan Sekula's theories of photography. The second part addresses Forensic Architecture's ambiguous position inside and outside the art world, both as an artistic collective and legal consultant. In the final section, it contrasts Forensic Architecture's past-oriented investigative model with art works that project the brutally iterative logic of anti-Black violence (e.g., R.I.P. Germain, Languid Hands).

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Dec 15, 2022
• Publication Date: Dec 15, 2022
• Deposit Date: Apr 17, 2024
• Journal: Selva Journal
• Electronic ISSN: 2770-4831
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 69-88
• Keywords: ideology, Forensic Art, Indexicality, surveillance capitalism
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11903604
• Publisher URL: https://selvajournal.org/article/bearing-witness/