Defense Language
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The photographs in Defense Language show costumed roleplayers, elaborate Hollywoodinspired sets and staged tableaus on military bases across the United States.
Artist Claire Beckett embedded herself on these bases between 2006 and 2023 to explore the depiction of Arabs and Muslims during counterinsurgency training for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.‘With this project I look at the way Americans such as myself interact with other cultures. The photographs draw attention to the problemati...






















