Institute for More-Than-Human Forensic Archaeology
  • 2022


The Institute of More-Than-Human Forensic Archaeology (IMORTHUFORA) investigates historic and modern environments of industrialized animal death. See also the installation Imorthufora.

This installation aims to subvert the conventions of art, science and museum curation in an effort to raise awareness about animal rights and resistance. An audio guide, a lab coat, and other props bring to life a fictional institute: The Institute of More-than-Human Forensic Archaeology. The institute challenges traditional museological practices and their failure to properly acknowledge the loss of animal lives, particularly domesticated animals. Bones of farmed animals, recovered from the bed of the river Thames, are arranged horizontally in the space. Synthesized animal voices tell a story of violence and resistance. A medieval-inspired monster from the Thames haunts the city and its interspecies atrocities. Review by Will Jennings @ recessed.space