Waterboarding: Last Gasp for Habeas Corpus and the Geneva Conventions - YouTube
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| Digital Projections by Beverly Richey 2006 |
"The event took place at the Jonathan Shorr Gallery September 30, 2006, following the passage of the Congressional Military Commissions Act of 2006 earlier in the week."
"The work was collaboratively devised by Duckworth, Landino, and Beverly Richey; texts and materials were collected by Duckworth. Video by Julia Shor; edited by Duckworth. Digital collage created by Richey follows video. In loving memory of Ezra Talmatch." David Duckworth
The event took place at the Jonathan Shorr Gallery September 30, 2006, following the passage of the Congressional Military Commissions Act of 2006 earlier in the week. Role playing the parts of a State now authorized with absolute power over the citizen or non-citizen individual, John Landino coordinated the apprehension and interrogation of David Duckworth as detainee, assisted by gallery visitors. After being suited, hooded and strapped to a canvas gurney, Duckworth was paraded along a section of a New York city street while under interrogation. Returned to the gallery for "torture," Duckworth was then stripped and covered with wet plaster cloth. Visitors applied torn texts from the Military Commissions Act, the Taguba report, a U.S. Army document on Iraqi prisoner abuse, and news accounts covering habeas corpus, torture, the rights of detainees, the United States and its obligation as signatory to international treaties governing these issues, and the moral path of this country in its war on terrorism. Live spontaneously-composed music was provided by musicians. The work was collaboratively devised by Duckworth, Landino, and Beverly Richey; texts and materials were collected by Duckworth. Video by Julia Shorr; edited by Duckworth. Digital collage created by Richey follows video. In loving memory of Ezra Talmatch
