"Lawrence Abu Hamdan on translation, Nuremberg, and the juridical unconscious" | Artforum, October 12, 2021

"I found that one of the only traces of the translators in the process of translating was their control of two lights located on the witness stand and the judge’s podium: a yellow light to signal “slow down” and a red light that meant “stop altogether.” The rudimentary communication by way of these lights dictated a strange flow. I found the moments they went off to invariably be significant interruptions, revealing not only of what it means to try to arbitrate across these languages, but also of what it means to be a witness in these kinds of international trials." (Lawrence Abu Hamdan in Lawrence Abu Hamdan on translation, Nuremberg, and the juridical unconscious,  October 12, 2021 via Artforum)

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