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Architect and investigative journalist Alison Killing presents the results and methodology of the research on mapping detention camps for the Uyghurs other Muslim minorities in China, for which her team was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2021. The project uncovered details of the mass detention of these groups in so-called “re-education” camps, which the Chinese government officially denies or downplays.
The 35m2 gallery presents two monumental works, two different environments. Both spaces are based on the same material context, the same material language. Yet each of these realizations appeals to different senses using different techniques and materials. These new spatial configurations, structures, and installations, which shape our spatial orientation and navigation through space, primarily appeal to our basic senses, our sensory memory, and our individual/private memory.