This lecture will present two investigations by Forensic Architecture that had significant lives in the Greek courtrooms. The first, the murder of the antifascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, was a key case in the trial against Golden Dawn which in October 2020, resulted in the indictment of the political party as a criminal organisation. The second, the killing of Zak Kostopoulos, a prominent LGBTQ+ activist, is still litigated in the court in Athens. In both cases, Forensic Architecture’s investigations performed a key role in the understanding of the incidents, whether by allowing for a different type of public witnessing through reassembled media, or by being presented as testimony by an expert witness. The lecture will present a brief run-down of the investigations and their lives in court, as well as key reflections on the agency’s truthmaking practices that suggest a potential reframing of the question of secondary witnessing.

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Aesthetic seminar is organized by Morten Kyndrup and Jacob Lund
on behalf of School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University

All are welcome