i02-08: State of Emergency (2008)

Documentary art piece exploring US detention sites presented as part of the installation "How to Party like it's 2003 (in Abu Ghraib)." Public Screenings: Peace + Justice Week Screening, Beloit, WI, USA. Arthouse Film and Video Festival Screening, Tampa, FL., USA Discipline Problems, Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL., USA Details: This piece was installed in an orange emergency preparedness tent with a series of props and a set of directions. It is the second of three videos in a series exploring US detention sites using documentary materials. In the title, the numbers indicate the years the materials span while the lower case "i" (e.g., ipod, iphone) gives a nod to the sharing technologies that have allowed these contentious materials to freely circulate. Sources: B-roll from the Digital Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDs), CSRT transcripts (Combatant Status Review Tribunals) via DoD, flickr, YouTube, and Tara McKelvey's Monstering: Inside America's Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War.