Homeland Insecurity Manual is an artist manuscript linked to the animation Homeland Insecurity. Leveraging excerpts from the United States’ Department of Defense Law of War Manual, it sheds light on the legal framework governing wars. The chosen passages underscore discrepancies between theoretical principles and practical applications in wartime, highlighting limitations and ambiguities within International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
Homeland Insecurity Manual, 2019; grid of 28 archival inkjet prints; 34 x 77 inches (installation); 8.5 x 11 inches (each print).
Homeland Insecurity Manual – Object of War (detail); archival inkjet print; 8.5 x 11 inches.
Homeland Insecurity Manual – Military Objectives (detail); archival inkjet print; 8.5 x 11 inches.
Homeland Insecurity Manual – Jus ad Bellum & Jus in Bello (detail); archival inkjet print; 8.5 x 11 inches.
(Jus ad Bellum: law concerning the resort to force; Jus in Bello: law concerning conduct during war).
Homeland Insecurity Manual – Proportionality (detail); archival inkjet print; 8.5 x 11 inches.
Homeland Insecurity Manual – Humane Treatment of Detainees (detail); archival inkjet print; 8.5 x 11 inches.