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TRAUMA exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin 2015

TRAUMA exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin

TRAUMA Exhibition Science Gallery Dublin 20.11.2015 – 21.02.2016 • Info: Exhibition in the context of the European Digital Art & Science Network.

Year of creation
2015

Urls
http://dublin.sciencegallery.com/trauma/

Start:
Nov 20, 2015
End:
Feb 21, 2016

Science Gallery Dublin
The Interrogation of Detainee 063
The piece is a collaborative project developed by Shane O’Mara, Professor of Experimental Brain Research at Trinity College Dublin, Director of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, TRAUMA co-curator, and designer and self-professed data junkie Stefanie Posavec. The piece is based on the log detainee063.com, and visualizes 50 days (23.11.2002 – 11.01.2003) of the interrogation of prisoner Mohammed Mana Ahmed al-Qahtani at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Viewed from a distance, the pastel colors and pattern are pleasant and welcoming but on closer inspection the darker side of the piece comes into focus with color-coding showing the duration of different aspects of interrogation punctuated by feeding, sleep and bathroom breaks. Over 101,000 visitors visited the TRAUMA exhibition. The piece was reviewed together with TRAUMA in an edition of Nature. This piece was also discussed in a linked public event with Professor O’Mara called Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, which was attended by over 120 people.
The Interrogation of Detainee 063 by Shane O´Mara and Stefanie Posavec
The piece is a collaborative project developed by Shane O’Mara (IE), Professor of Experimental Brain Research at Trinity College Dublin, Director of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, TRAUMA co-curator, and designer and self-professed data junkie Stefanie Posavec (US). The piece is based on the log detainee063.com, and visualizes 50 days (23.11.2002 – 11.01.2003) of the interrogation of prisoner Mohammed Mana Ahmed al-Qahtani at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Viewed from a distance, the pastel colors and pattern are pleasant and welcoming but on closer inspection the darker side of the piece comes into focus with color-coding showing the duration of different aspects of interrogation punctuated by feeding, sleep and bathroom breaks. Over 101,000 visitors visited the TRAUMA exhibition. The piece was reviewed together with TRAUMA in an edition of Nature. This piece was also discussed in a linked public event with Professor O’Mara called Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, which was attended by over 120 people.
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