Zone*Interdite

Zone*Interdite, propaganda material is collected and re-contextualized which allows new perspectives

Zone*Interdite, screenshot of 3D Walkthrough, gate to Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay

Zone*Interdite caused a sensation by uncovering the childrens prison in Guantánamo, the prisoncamp in Bagram or Camp Bucca in Iraq. Zone*Interdite isn't about world politics or military strategy, but about something that affects us all personally: Our own imagination and our ability to perceive independently.

The project Zone*Interdite (French for: ‘restricted military zone’) emerged from a paradox: It is forbidden to depict or enter military areas, yet these pictures appear in the mass media. www.zone-interdite.net focuses on these images. The media Art project questions ones own concepts between power and powerlessness. Zone*Interdite takes a sounding of the restricted terrain through virtual reconstructions. Behind a reflex of right and wrong (Friend or Foe? Patriot or traitor?) appear ideas of sovereign reflections.

Supported by: Werkleitz - Center for Media Art
Awarded by: Ars Electronica (honourable mention), Golden Cube (hourable mention), EMARE - European Media Artists in Residency Exchange
http://www.zone-interdite.net

Zone*Interdite, participative online tools

Installations

Exhibition view, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen

Exhibitions:
Complesso Monumentale die San Michele, Rome, Italy, 2009
Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 2009
Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany, 2009
NGBK - New Society for Visual Art, Berlin, Germany, 2008
Kunstverein D21, Leipzig, Germany, 2008
Kulturbahnhof / Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany, 2007
FILE, Rio de Janeiro, 2007
Werkleitz, Center for Media Art, Halle (Saale), Germany, 2007
[plug.in] Museum for Media Art, Basel, Switzerland, 2006
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, 2006
FILE, Sao Paulo, Brasilien, 2006

Supported by: EMARE - European Media Artists in Residence Exchange
Awarded by: Ars Electronica (honourable mention), Golden Cube (honourable mention)

Exhibition view, The Blind Spot, NGBK - New Society for Visual Art, Berlin