A forensic reconstruction of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide
June 2-July 2, 2010

In the period of July 11-18, 1995, the Bosnian Serb Army massacred over 7,000 Muslim men and boys in and around the small Eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, a "safe area" under UN protection. The bodies were first dumped into mass graves; these were later reopened and the commingled remains reburied in secondary mass graves to make their identification more difficult.

The true scale, the military architecture, and the careful organization of the genocide are best revealed in the documents which have been produced as the result of an enormous amount of meticulous investigative work. The map of war crimes created with the help of these "exhibits" provides compelling evidence as to the identity of the perpetrators and serves as a basis for their indictment.

OSA''s reconstruction builds primarily on records collected during forensic investigations, exhumations of mass graves and the identification of human remains. Military maps, site sketches and photos, aerial images produced by spy satellites, forensic reports, testimonies by survivors and excerpts from films are presented partly in traditional forms and partly in computer installations in a reconstructed model of a mass grave, created with the tools of land art.