THE COURTROOM AS A LANDSCAPE

A collaborative project between by academic researcher Dr. Tasniem Anwar & visual artist Machteld Aardse examines the question: what happens when we observe the courtroom as a landscape?

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The collaboration commenced in the summer of 2021, with the idea to explore the affective and material dimension of terrorism trials. In total, we have visited more than 9 Dutch terrorism trials. The offences varied from terrorism financing, membership of a terrorist organisation, and preparatory terrorist activities. During the sittings, we would split up, Machteld making the court drawings, and Tasniem observing and writing what occurred in the trial. We had regular briefings, where we compared our notes, experiences and wrote down ideas. The cases took place in three different courts in the Netherlands: the District court of Rotterdam, the District Court of Limburg, and Justitieel Complex Schiphol. We will share the drawings and data via an exhibition in the Court of Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

CREDITS
Art work: Machteld Aardse
Author: Tasniem Anwar
Assistant: Robbin Talens
Design & Advisor: Niels Schrader

EXHIBITIONS

2025 - Court of Amsterdam
2024 - Court of Rotterdam
2023 - Pilot Court of Amsterdam

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