Minnie Kim
Digital violence can translate into the physical world. Initially, Pegasus, a government spyware, was sold to Mexican federal agencies by the Israeli company NSO Group on the condition that it only be used to investigate criminals and terrorists. However, the spyware was found to have connections with real-world violence directed at lawyers, activists, and other civil society figures. As such, physical violations manifest during points of interaction with cyber-surveillance.
In this investigation, Forensic Architecture developed an open-source software to present data as an interactive 3D platform. The creative presentations of real-world issues helped to bring a perspective on the scale and breadth of the problem.
The digital and the analogous worlds exist in pairs, affecting each other in seemingly endless ways. As the digital world continues to grow and advance, we find more accessibility to different corners of the physical world. The multidisciplinary nature of Forensic Architecture reflects the roles that art, architecture, and technology can play in unveiling the violation of human rights around the world.
Sources: https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/digital-violence-how-the-nso-group-enables-state-terror
