ZONE*INTERDITE

Christoph Wachter, Mathias Jud

Concept: An art-project that functions as a test of our ability of independent perception and information

The Art project Zone*Interdite caused a sensation as a result of its revelations: The children's prison camp in Guantanamo, the secret military prison in Bagram (Afghanistan) and Camp Bucca in Iraq. But Zone*Interdite is not about world policy or military strategy, but is concerned with something that concerns all of us: our own perception and our ability to perceive independently.

The project Zone*Interdite (French for: ‘restricted military zone’) emerged from a paradox: It is forbidden to depict or enter military areas, yet these pictures appear in the mass media. www.zone-interdite.net focuses on these images by collecting and localizing them. The media Art project questions ones own concepts between power and powerlessness. Zone*Interdite takes a sounding of the restricted terrain through virtual reconstructions. Behind a reflex of right and wrong (Friend or Foe? Patriot or traitor?) appear ideas of sovereign reflection.