On May 19th, Beth presented “Forensics and Fora: Reconstructing and Re-membering the Centre d’Identification de Vincennes (CIV)” at the 110th Annual Meeting of the ACSA on the topic EMPOWER.
The paper discusses the architectural methods used to produce evidence of the CIV’s location, to virtually reconstruct its material architecture, to speculate on its immaterial atmospheres, and the centrality of these methods to make this architecture knowable as a contributor to state sanctioned violence. Forensic evidence demands a forum; thus, the conclusion discusses spatial and performative fora as potential frameworks for revealing and debating such hidden histories and for collective re-membering.
Download the paper here.
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