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DESCRIPTION:Can architecture be a form of political intervention? This que
 stion is central to the work of Eyal Weizman\, a writer\, architect\, and 
 director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths\, Universit
 y of London. For this talk\, Weizman discusses his approach to architectur
 e as a research-led collaborative practice. Often working with an interdis
 ciplinary team—artists\, urbanists\, forensic scientists\, archaeologist
 s\, human rights advocates—he analyzes vacated buildings\, maps\, satell
 ite imagery\, and other spatial artifacts to unravel the contested politic
 s in sites of conflict and violence\, including Palestine\, the Former Yug
 oslavia\, and Guatemala\, among others. \nThis lecture is presented in con
 junction with Sacred Space/Contested Terrain\, an interdisciplinary exhibi
 tion organized by the University of Minnesota’s Katherine E. Nash Galler
 y\, School of Architecture\, Department of Art\, and Program in Religious 
 Studies in collaboration with the Walker.\nWeizman directs the European Re
 search Council–funded project Forensic Architecture. He is one of the co
 founders of the architectural collective DAAR—Decolonizing Architecture 
 Art Residency—in Beit Sahour\, Palestine. His books include The Least of
  all Possible Evils (2012)\, Mengele’s Skull (with Tom Keenan\, 2012) Ho
 llow Land (2007)\, and A Civilian Occupation (2003). Weizman is a regular 
 contributor and an editorial board member for several journals and magazin
 es\, including Humanity\, Cabinet\, and Inflexions\, and has lectured exte
 nsively around the world.
LOCATION:Walker Cinema\n
SUMMARY:Contested Terrain: A Lecture with Eyal Weizman
URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/contested-terrain-a-lecture-wit
 h-eyal-weizman
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