Exhibition: "Witness Lab" (February 15–May 24, 2020)

Designed as a courtroom installation and a performance series by artist-in-residence Courtney McClellan, "Witness Lab" frames witnessing as a social and artistic act. The gallery collapses courtroom, theater, classroom, laboratory, and artist studio in order to study the relationship between performance and law. In hosting mock trials, court transcript readings, and trial advocacy workshops, the artist investigates who performs the role of witness in our society and how that understanding may map onto the narrower legal definition of the role. The installation will host legal simulations from participating groups.