MICHAEL TAKEO MAGRUDER (US/UK)
6. aprila 2018 so v uradu generalnega državnega tožilca ZDA izdali memorandum, namenjen vsem zveznim tožilcem na območju ameriške jugozahodne meje. Navedeni namen sporočila je bil “takoj sprejeti politiko nične tolerance za vse prekrške, predložene v kazenski pregon” v okviru 8. odstavka 1325.a člena Zakonika ZDA, ob nezakonitem vstopu ‘tujih’ oseb v državo zaradi “neprimernega časa ali kraja; izogibanja pregledu ali preverjanju; [in] napačnega prikazovanja oziroma prikrivanja dejstev”. V tednih, ki so sledili, so ob naraščajoči domači in mednarodni zaskrbljenosti glede škodljivih posledic na migrantske družine, ki bi poskušale prečkati mejo, stališče vlade branili vodje različnih ameriških agencij in oddelkov, odgovornih za implementacijo tega programa. V prvih dveh mesecih veljavnosti takšne politike je bilo več kot 2.500 otrok prisilno ločenih od njihovih družin in preseljenih v več kot sto objektov za pridržanje, ki so razširjeni po vsej državi. Med nasprotujočimi si pripovedmi in poročili številnih vladnih in medijskih virov, ki so komentirali nastalo krizo, ostaja usoda mnogih teh otrok še vedno odprto vprašanje. Nična toleranca je novomedijska instalacija, ki raziskuje kontekst in retoriko v zvezi z ločevanjem in pridrževanjem migrantskih družin, ki prečkajo južno mejo ZDA. Algoritemski video, nameščen izza žičnate ograje, skupaj z vsakdanjimi artefakti, ki jih povezujemo s centri za pridržanje, nenehno povezuje uradne posnetke vlade s tajnimi posnetki iz dejanskih prostorov za pridržanje ter posnetkom javnega govora bivšega generalnega državnega tožilca Jeffa Sessionsa, v katerem poziva k ‘svetopisemski pravičnosti’.
On the 6th of April 2018, the Office of the Attorney General of the United States of America issued a memorandum for all federal prosecutors working along the nation’s southwest border. The stated purpose of the communiqué was “to adopt immediately a zero-tolerance policy for all offenses referred for prosecution” under Title 8 of US Code section 1325(a) concerning illegal entry into the country by ‘alien’ persons for reasons of “improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; [and] misrepresentation and concealment of facts”. In the following weeks, alongside growing domestic and international concern about the detrimental effects on migrant families attempting to cross the border, the government’s stance was widely defended by the heads of various US agencies and departments responsible for implementation of the program. During the first two months of the policy being in effect, more than 2,500 children were forcibly separated from their families and relocated to over one hundred detainment facilities spread throughout the country. Amidst the conflicting accounts and reports put forward by numerous government and media sources commenting on the crisis, the fate of many of these children remains an open question. Zero Tolerance is a new media installation that explores the context and rhetoric surrounding the separation and incarceration of migrant families crossing the US southern border. Set behind chain-link fence and alongside mundane artefacts associated with the detention centers, an algorithmic video continually splices official government footage and undercover recordings from actual detainment facilities with former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ public speech calling for ‘biblical’ justice.
Viri: – posnetek predvajanja javnega govora nekdanjega generalnega državnega tožilca Jeffa Sessionsa v Fort Wayneu v zvezni državi Indiana z dne 14. 6. 2018, v katerem naslavlja kritike ameriške administracije v zvezi s politiko nične tolerance – uradna vladna video dokumentacija ameriške mejne patrulje, ki prikazuje center za pridržanje v McAllenu v Teksasu; posnetek je bil objavljen 17. 6. 2018 – zvočni posnetek otrok, pridržanih v objektu Urada ZDA za carinsko in mejno zaščito. Posnetek je pridobila neprofitna medijska organizacija ProPublica in ga objavila 18. 6. 2018
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Source Material: – recorded broadcast of former US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ public speech in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 14/06/2018 addressing criticisms of the US Administration’s zero-tolerance policy – official government video documentation by US Border Patrol showing the detention centre in McAllen, Texas that was released on 17/06/2018 – audio recording of children detained within a US Customs and Border Protection facility that was obtained by the non-profit media organisation ProPublica and published on 18/06/2018
