HUMAN: Å kartlegge et folkemord

Eyal Weizman vil holde et foredrag om Forensic Architectures etterforskning av krigsforbrytelser og folke­mord i Gaza.

Etter foredraget blir det en samtale moderert av journalist og forfatter Stig Arild Pettersen

Dette arrangementet er planlagt i nært samarbeid med Vibeke Harper.

Forelesningen med en påfølgende samtale er arrangert av LO, Fagforbundet, Amnesty International Norge, Norsk folkehjelp, Fritt Ord, Human internasjonale dokumentarfilmfestival og Harper Productions. Arrange­mentet vil vare i ca to timer og bestå av et foredrag og en samtale.

I oktober 2024 la Forensic Architecture frem en 800 sider lang rapport, A Carthography of Genocide, som med all tydelighet viser Israels intensjon om å ødelegge infrastruktur og livsgrunnlaget for den palestinske befolkningen på Gazastripen. Rapporten ble utarbei­det etter forespørsel fra Sør-Afrikas rettslige team, i forbindelse med saken mot Israel med anklage om folkemord, i den Internasjonale domstolen (ICJ) i Haag.

Eyal Weizman vil snakke om rapporten og om Forensic Architectures metodiske arbeid i etterforskning

Eyal Weizman, grunnlegger og leder for Forensic Architecture (FA), har gjennom flere tiår arbeidet i skjæringspunktet mellom kunst, estetikk og menneskerettigheter.

Forensic Architecture er en hybrid organisasjon med et tverrfaglig lag bestående av blant annet arkitekter, kunstnere, forskere, filmskapere, advokater og journalister. Deres pro­sjekter er både vist i noen av de mest anerkjente kunstinstitusjonene, som Veneziabiennalen, Whitney Museum og Lousiana og lagt frem som bevisgrunnlag i retts­saker i domstolen i Haag. Forensic Architectures banebrytende arbeid med arkitektur og landskap som bevismateriale, samt bruk av et mangfold av åpne kilder, representerer et paradigme­skifte i arbeidet med menneskerettigheter. Helt siden grunnleggelsen i 2010 har Forensic Architecture utviklet og arbeidet med nye metoder for å undersøke og av­dekke statlig og institusjonell vold, og fra 2020 har de medvirket til å skape et globalt nettverk av organisasjoner som benytter seg av deres metoder i arbeidet for menneske­rettigheter, knyttet sammen gjennom paraplyorganisasjonen The Investigative Commons.

Les rapporten A Cartography of Genocide:

https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/a-cartography-of-genocide

Sjekk ut FAs database om Gaza: https://gaza.forensic-architecture.org/database

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MAPPING THE GENOCIDE

– LECTURE AND CONVERSATION WITH EYAL WEIZMAN, FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE

Sunday 16th March, 15.30–17.30

Vega Scene

In English

As part of the Human International Documentary Film Festival 2025, Eyal Weizman will hold a lecture about Forensic Architecture’s methodological approach to investigating genocide. Forensic Architecture’s meticulous monitoring and exposure of Israel’s systematic destruction of the Gaza Strip and its inhabitants will be the focal point. The lecture will be followed by a conversation including questions and comments from the audience.

This event is planned in close collaboration with Vibeke Harper. The lecture and following conversation is hosted by LO (The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions), Amnesty International Norway, Fagforbundet (Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees), Norsk folkehjelp (Norwegian People’s Aid), The Fritt Ord Foundation, Human International Documentary Film Festival and Harper Productions.

Dette arrangementet er planlagt i nært samarbeid med Vibeke Harper.

Forelesningen med en påfølgende samtale er arrangert av LO, Fagforbundet, Amnesty International Norge, Norsk folkehjelp, Fritt Ord, Human internasjonale dokumentarfilmfestival og Harper Productions. Arrange­mentet vil vare i ca to timer og bestå av et foredrag og en samtale.

In October 2024, Forensic Architecture released an 800-page report titled A Cartography of Genocide. The report clearly proves Israel's intention to destroy infrastructure and livelihood for the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. The report was commissioned by South Africa's legal team, in connection with their case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), about Israel's genocidal campaign against the Palestinians.

Eyal Weizman, founder and director of Forensic Architecture, has worked in the intersections of art, aesthetics and human rights for decades. In collaboration with FA’s interdisciplinary team, he has developed groundbreaking methods for investigating state and institutional violence and human rights violations. Through the umbrella organization Investigative Commons, they are co-developers of a worldwide network of human rights organizations collaborating on investigations of the involvement and complicity of state and corporate agencies in cases of right-wing violence, racist policing and border regimes, urban warfare, gender-based violence, violations of labor rights, and cyber-surveillance, while supporting demands for reparations for the ongoing crimes of colonialism.

Following the lecture there will be a conversation where members of the audience can comment and ask questions.

ABOUT

Eyal Weizman (b. 1970) is an architect, author, and founder and director of Forensic Architecture (2010, London) and its sister organization Forensis (2022, Berlin).

He was born in Haifa in present-day Israel, but now lives in London. He is Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, where he also founded the Centre for Research Architecture.

Weizman has received much acclaim for his books and work and has contributed to innovative thinking in a number of disciplines, such as architecture, aesthetics, journalism and human rights work.

Forensic Architecture (FA) is a hybrid with an interdisciplinary team consisting of architects, artists, researchers, filmmakers, lawyers and journalists, among others. Their projects have been shown in some of the most prestigious art institutions, such as the Venice Biennale, the Whitney Museum and Louisiana, and also been presented as evidence in court cases at the International Court of Justice. FA's pioneering work with extracting evidence from architecture and landscape, as well as using of a variety of open sources, has been a paradigmatic shift in the work with human rights, in addition to opening the art institutions for a broader discussion about contemporary art.

Forensic Architecture has received a number of awards for its work. Among others, Eyal Weizman was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2020, and FA was recently honored with the Right to Livelyhood Award 2024.

Forensic Architecture: https://forensic-architecture.org