Art as Evidence
What counts as evidence today? When everything can be recorded, exposed, and circulated, evidence is no longer simply found. It is produced, staged, and made to resonate.
For this session, we bring together Tatiana Bazzichelli and Anna Leander for a conversation on art, evidence, and the politics of epistemic authority.
Tatiana will discuss how artistic practices can investigate, expose, and inform about social and political wrongdoing. Drawing on the concept of art as evidence developed with Laura Poitras, she connects it to whistleblowing and highlights the importance of building networks of trust across fields to make systems of power visible.
Anna will speak about art as evidence of alternative futures. Grounded in the ongoing violence in Norte de Santander, Colombia, she reflects on how artistic practices can produce credible evidence, not only of harm, but of the possibility of a future beyond it.
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Tatiana Bazzichelli is the founder and director of Disruption Network Lab, a Berlin-based nonprofit focusing on whistleblowing, social justice, and digital culture. She holds a PhD in Information and Media Studies and is the author of Whistleblowing for Change (2021) and Networked Disruption (2013).
Anna Leander is Professor of International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute and a recurring visiting fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. She currently leads the project The Future of Humanitarian Design.
Art as Evidence
What counts as evidence today? When everything can be recorded, exposed, and circulated, evidence is no longer simply found. It is produced, staged, and made to resonate.
For this session, we bring together Tatiana Bazzichelli and Anna Leander for a conversation on art, evidence, and the politics of epistemic authority.
Tatiana will discuss how artistic practices can investigate, expose, and inform about social and political wrongdoing. Drawing on the concept of art as evidence developed with Laura Poitras, she connects it to whistleblowing and highlights the importance of building networks of trust across fields to make systems of power visible.
Anna will speak about art as evidence of alternative futures. Grounded in the ongoing violence in Norte de Santander, Colombia, she reflects on how artistic practices can produce credible evidence, not only of harm, but of the possibility of a future beyond it.
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Tatiana Bazzichelli is the founder and director of Disruption Network Lab, a Berlin-based nonprofit focusing on whistleblowing, social justice, and digital culture. She holds a PhD in Information and Media Studies and is the author of Whistleblowing for Change (2021) and Networked Disruption (2013).
Anna Leander is Professor of International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute and a recurring visiting fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. She currently leads the project The Future of Humanitarian Design.