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3 Jul 2012

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Forensic Architecture

A Memorial in Exile

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[T]he ArcelorMittal Orbit — was reclaimed as A Memorial in Exile by survivors of the Bosnian concentration camp at Omarska, now a fully-functional mine operated by ArcelorMittal. Iron ore and profits extracted from Omarksa have been used to manufacture London’s newest landmark…From 25 May 1992 till 22 August 1992 the Omarska mine in Prijedor, Bosnia was used as a concentration camp by Bosnian Serb forces…In 2004, ArcelorMittal assumed 51% of the ownership of the Ljubija mining complex that included Omarska…In 2005, ArcelorMittal made a commitment to finance and build a memorial on the grounds of Omarska…Seven years on and twenty years after the war crimes committed there, still no space of public commemoration exists… In the absence of this promised memorial and until such time that it is built, London’s Olympic tower — the ArcelorMittal Orbit — will be reclaimed as the Omarska Memorial in Exile.