re/presentare: Reframing Evidence from the Commons

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re/presentare reflects on the practice of working from the commons, in its frictions and possibilities. Reframing Evidence from the Commons means acknowledging the challenging reality of true communal work in which different interests and visions of justice co-exist. It also seeks to question what constitutes evidence and how, for communities outside of the juridical Western frame, it opens up other possibilities once it is mobilized through the mediation of investigative arts. re/presentare is curating a project in Mexico City as part of Evidence, an international festival by the Fisher Center LAB, in association with CHRA. This talk is moderated by Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco, Assistant Professor of Architectural Studies at Bard.

This talk is co-hosted with Bard Architecture and the Fisher Center at Bard. 

re/presentare, co-founded by Sergio Beltrán-García and Elis Mendoza, is a spatial investigations agency that centers work from the commons to research human rights violations. re/presentare is focused on researching gender, political, and environmental violence and its intersections with larger political, economic, and social systems. The primary objective is t to contribute to every step of the investigation, from community organizing, the production of evidence for judicial processes, and reparation claims. re/presentare is part of Investigative Commons, a community of investigative agencies founded by Forensic Architecture.