Matthew Fuller: Investigative Aesthetics

Investigative aesthetics is, in part, a process of collectively assembling accounts of incidents from media flotsam. It involves tuning into and interpreting weak signals and noticing unintentional evidence registered in visual, audio or data files or in the material composition of our environment. It also refers to the use of aesthetic sensibilities in assembling cases, in editing material into effective film and videos or installations. In these constructions, each found element is not a piece of evidence in itself but rather an entry point to find connections with others, a part in a heterogeneous assemblage that allows for navigation across and the weaving together of disparate elements. Starting from the book „Investigative Aesthetics“ jointly authored with Eyal Weizman this lecture will explore the practical, technical and conceptual aspects of this political aesthetics.

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