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"Constructions of Truth In A Drone Age": Forensis/HKW reviewed in Rhizome

01 Apr 2014

Threshold of Detectability - The roof of a building in Miranshah, Pakistan, that has been hit by a drone-fired missile (Forensic Architecture)

Forensic Architecture’s exhibition, Forensis, at HKW is reviewed in the Rhizome Journal:

“Any act of looking or being looked at is mediated by technology. This is true of any scientific process too, where each tool or method of looking is developed with a purpose in mind which influences the data that it produces. This is precisely what forensic investigation reveals: not only the reality of an event, but also the intention of a viewing mechanism and the political weight of that intention once made visible. Representations of warfare illustrate this as successfully as any art object”.

Read the full review here.