Art, Surveillance & Investigation: Trevor Paglen & Eyal Weizman

Architect Eyal Weizman and artist Trevor Paglen discuss how they navigate between art and research.

Trevor Paglen is an American multidisciplinary artist whose work spans photography, installation, film and writing. Winner of the MacArthur “Genius Grant,” he has spent decades exposing the infrastructure of state surveillance, AI, and mass data collection.

Eyal Weizman is a British-Israeli architect, author, and founder of the Forensic Architecture research group. Using advanced technology, its teams investigate state and corporate violence and human rights violations around the world.

In this episode, Trevor and Eyal discuss how art and architecture can be used to challenge power structures and state control.

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