Eyal Weizman, Christina Varvia and Stefan Laxness of Forensic Architecture are part of the Turner Prize 2018 exhibition

The Tate Britain has unveiled an exhibition of work by the four artists shortlisted for Turner Prize 2018: Forensic Architecture, Naeem Mohaiemen, Charlotte Prodger and Luke Willis Thompson. One of the world’s best known prizes for visual art, the Turner Prize aims to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art. 

Forensic Architecture's The Long Duration of a Split Second presents investigations surrounding the Bedouin communities of the Naqab/Negev region of southern Israel. Together with members of the photographic collective Activestills, Forensic Architecture investigated the events of 18 January 2017, a day on which an attempt by police to clear an unrecognised Bedouin village resulted in the deaths of two people. Forensic Architecture are an international research agency that use video, photographs, scale models, text and reproductions to investigate allegations of state and corporate violence.

Current members of Forensic Architecture include founding director Eyal Weizman (Diploma 3 Contributer), deputy director Christina Varvia (Diploma 3 Unit Master), project coordinators Stefan Laxness (Diploma 9 Unit Master), Samaneh Moafi (AA PhD Candidate) and Nicholas Masterton (AA GradDipl 2015), and architects Tane Kinch (AA Dipl 2017), Nathan Su (AA Grad Dipl 2017), Sebastian Tiew (AA Dipl 2018) and Nicholas Zembashi (AA Diply 2018).

The winner of the Turner Prize 2018 will be announced on Tuesday 4 December.

Image: Forensic Architecture, The Long Duration of a Split Second consisting of two projects Killing in Umm al-Hiran 18 January 2017, Nagev/Naqab, Israel/Palestine, Investigation: 2017- ongoing, video, model, texts and Traces of Bedouin Inhabitation 1945-present, Nagev/Naqab, Israel/Palestine, Investigation: 2015-ongoing, video, aerial images, text. Turner Prize 2018 exhibition installation view, Tate Britain [26 September 2018 - 9 January 2019]. Photo credit: Tate Photography