EMBASSY THOMAS DEMAND & ARNO BRANDLHUBER
In Embassy ( 2007 ), the construction of the space involved is no longer merely at the service of the photograph . It is Demand ’ s first installation in which the specific spatial setting he created should also intensify the meaning of his images . Embassy comprises nine photographs showing the embassy of Niger in Rome , including its façade , corridors and interior . This was the location where in 2001 blank sheets of headed paper were stolen , which were later used to create forged contracts . These documents were supposed to prove that Saddam Hussein , as president of Iraq , was trying to acquire uranium from Africa . Later on , these forged documents were used in turn by American president George W . Bush to support his argument in favour of war against Iraq .
Demand created the installation Embassy in collaboration with the German architect Arno Brandlhuber . In this installation , Demand ' s images are featured within a configuration of walls , which in terms of their placement follow the camera angle of the photos on display . Guided by Brandlhuber ' s architectural arrangement and Demand ' s sequence of images , the visitor enters a construction , a manipulation of an unknown piece of recent history . This approach turns a current topic such as fake news into a quite palpable issue .
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