10 Jul 2015 | Šejla Kamerić – Forensics: The anatomy of crime
Šejla Kamerić
Forensics: The anatomy of crime
Group exhibition
Wellcome Collection
February 26 - June 21, 2015
This exhibition examined the history, science and art of forensics – travelling from crime scene to courtroom, across centuries and continents, exploring the specialisms of those involved in collecting, analysing and presenting medical evidence.
‘Forensics’ contained original evidence, archival material, photographic documentation, film footage, forensic instruments and specimens, and was rich with artworks offering unsettling and intimate responses to traumatic events. Challenging familiar views of forensic medicine shaped by fictions that came out of the sensational reporting of late Victorian murder cases and popular crime dramas, the exhibition highlighted the complex entwining of law and medicine.
