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08/10/2011 – 04/11/2011

WEB DOC ON ARTE TV
AFGHANISTAN, 10 YEARS, 100 VISIONS

October 2001-October 2011. Ten years of war seen from Afghanistan and elsewhere on a multimedia platform that is updated daily. Testimonies from Afghans, photographers, exiles, cartoonists… From October 3 to November 4, watch every day two new videos in three languages: english, french and german.

http://afghanistan.arte.tv/?lang=en#/images-of-afghanistan/sandra-calligaro/detail/

03/11/2011 – 27/11/2011

EXHIBITION 10 YEARS AFTER, KABUL
at CONFLUENCES
Solo exhibition
Sound by Julie Rousse

Opening on November 3, 2011 at 6.00 pm

«After a decade of international presence in Afghanistan, it seems we’ve seen all of Kabul.
I feel that the way the media represents a country at war is unfettered, shameless and almost pornographic. I have been working as a freelance photographer for the last 4 years in Afghanistan for several media outlets, but I decided to look for once at the Afghan capital in a different way.
This exhibition shows Kabul, 10 years on, through my own eyes. I’ve sometimes loved, sometimes abhorred this chaotic city.
My idea was to look for people inside the town, and to capture them with respect and decency, which often meant allowing the subject some distance. I was looking for the imperceptible details that would come out of these scenes. This work is dedicated to a city that has become very close to me but will never really be my own. I will always be a stranger, but I will always get the respect earned as a “guest” in Kabul.».

From november 3 november 27, 2011
Confluences, lieu d’engagement artistique
190, bd de Charonne / 75020 Paris / metro Philippe Auguste ou Alexandre Dumas
info : 01 40 24 16 46 / resa@confluences.net
www.confluences.net

7/10/2011

AFGHANISTAN, 10 YEARS: TIME TO GET IT RIGHT!
Series of 10 giant exclusive portraits displayed in “Place du Palais Royal”
On October 7, 2011 – 10th anniversary of the military intervention

http://www.afghanistan10years.com