Between Activism, Media and Law

The ubiquitous availability of images through smartphone, surveillance and satellite images does not only have its downsides. The fact that almost every event is shared online has also made a new form of research possible in recent years: visual investigation. Experts work with a variety of methods and tools to investigate and solve crimes in time and space.

The exhibition "Visual Investigations. Between Activism, Media and Law" at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich examines the role that architecture plays in this. It opens on October 9, 2024 and shows seven very different case studies. These include investigations into internment camps in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, police violence in the USA, the murder of the Colombian journalist Abelardo Liz and Russia's attack on the theater in Mariupol. Land expropriations in the West Bank, political campaigns during Mexico's "Dirty War" and the effects of the climate crisis on Pacific island states are also addressed.

Opening: Oct. 9, 2024, 7 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Juliane Winkelmann (Executive Vice President for International Alliances and Alumni, TUM), Prof. Dr. Andres Lepik (Director of the Architecture Museum of TUM), Brad Samuels (Head of SITU Research, New York City), Lisa Luksch (curator of the exhibition) and Sam Dubberley (Director of the Technology, Rights and Investigations Division at Human Rights Watch)

Discussion: Oct. 8, 2024, 7 p.m.
Location: Oskar von Miller Forum, Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 25, 80333 Munich
Sam Dubberley (Human Rights Watch), Lea Weinmann (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and Anjli Parrin (Global Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School), architect Brad Samuels (SITU Research, New York City)