Presenting the first U.S. survey of Forensic Architecture’s extraordinary work uncovering evidence of state and corporate violence, join MOAD at MDC for the opening reception of Forensic Architecture: True to Scale, with a special discussion led by Forensic Architecture board member, Ines Weizman.

Comprised of architects, software developers, filmmakers, journalists, lawyers, artists, and scientists, Forensic Architecture is a research agency that uses architectural software and an architectural sensibility to investigate human rights violations.

Forensic Architecture: True to Scale displays the evidence and explains the methodologies behind over a dozen Forensic Architecture investigations. While providing an overview of how advanced techniques such as photogrammetry, audio analysis, augmented reality, 3D modeling, machine learning, and crowd sourcing support their findings, the exhibition considers the complex relationship between a material fact and its representation in the public realm. Amidst what Founding Director Eyal Weizman refers to as the “dark epistemology” of a post-truth media environment, this collection of meticulously researched, carefully analyzed, and conscientiously presented evidence demonstrates that it is both possible and imperative to verify what is really happening in the world around us.

True to Scale includes the first Forensic Architecture investigation in which virtual reality is used to compel accurate witness testimony and recreate a crime scene. Co-produced by MOAD, it corresponds with the core theoretical and practical questions that will be further explored through the museum’s public programming.

In addition to a panel of experts on the architecture of border walls and refugee camps, MOAD will host a series of events that teach Forensic Architecture's methodologies while laying the groundwork for an investigation of the alleged human rights violations occurring within a nearby child migrant detention center. Working with a coalition of journalists, activists, architects, and MDC students, the series will bring critical attention to the humanitarian crisis at our borders and the architectural forms that evince devastating social policies.

This exhibition is curated by Sophie Landres. It is made possible by the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of its Immersive Technologies in the Arts initiative; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

• 6:00 PM: Registration and seating for the lecture.

• 6:30 PM: Talk with Ines Weizman *. Please note that talk will take place inside the exhibition.

• 7:30 PM: Reception

* Due to circumstances beyond our control, Eyal Weizman will not be able to deliver his scheduled presentation at MOAD on Wednesday, February 19, at 6:30 PM. We hope, however, that you will join us for a talk with board member of Forensic Architecture, Ines Weizman. Weizman is Professor in Architectural Theory, Bauhaus-Universitat, Weimar, and director of the Bauhaus Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture and Planning. She participated in the organization of the exhibition Forensic Architecture: Towards an Investigative Aesthetics at the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo in Mexico City, (MUAC) and at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona (MACBA). She is also a contributor to the publication FORENSIS: The Architecture of Public Truth.

Free parking for this event is available at the MDC parking garage, located at 500 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33132.