Border Forensics
From the Sea to the River – Border Violence Across Illegalised Migrants’ Trajectories
A video installation by Border Forensics, including work by Forensic Oceanography
Geneva
Over the last years, investigative practices combining research, art and architecture have allowed to shed new light on human rights violations. Emerging out of the pioneering London-based agency Forensic Architecture and the Forensic Oceanography research project, in 2021 a new investigative agency – Border Forensics – was established in Geneva, focusing specifically on border violence.
Theater Spektakel presents an installation displaying two of the video investigations produced by those agencies. «Liquid Traces – The Left- to-die Boat Case» follows the trajectory of a boat loaded with 72 migrants who attempted to escape from Libya in 2011 but were abandoned in NATO’s surveillance area. «The Death of Blessing Matthew» analyses the conditions that led to the death of a young Nigerian woman, Blessing Matthew, as she was chased by the police across the Alpine border between Italy and France in 2018. Together these investigations, which have supported demands for justice of survivors and families, highlight the violence of borders which follows illegalised migrants’ entire trajectories. (zts)
Simple words
The Border Forensics group does precise research work.
To do this, they use methods from architecture, art and science.
It shows that there is violence at the borders between countries.
Their work helps to solve crimes.
At the Theater Spektakel you can see two films about Border Forensics' work.
The films can be seen as an installation on the Landiwiese.
Artistic direction and cast
| Projektteam | Sarah Bachellerie, Cristina Del Biaggio, Charles Heller, Svitlana Lavrenchuk, Richard Limeburner, Samaneh Moafi, Rossana Padeletti, Lorenzo Pezzani, Giovanna Reder, Santiago Rivas Sola |
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| Fotos | ZTS / Kira Kynd |
Production
| Produktion | Border Forensics, Forensic Oceanography |
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| Koproduktion | Forensic Architecture, Tous Migrants |
| Unterstützung | European Cultural Foundation, Foundation PRO ASYL, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Investigative Journalism for Europe, Pro Helvetia, Rosa-Luxemburg Stiftung, République et Canton de Genève, Utopiana, Ville de Genève |
Landiwiese
Video Installation, Investigative Research
Language
English
An inclusive event
Stammtisch
Fri 18. and Sat 19.8., 21.00, further information
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Dates
shows from today- Th 17.08. 18:00 Admission free
- Fr 18.08. 18:00 Admission free
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- Fr 01.09. 18:00 Admission free
- Sa 02.09. 16:00 Admission free
- Su 03.09. 16:00 Admission free