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exhibition opens with the three important conflicts in the 90s: in
Yugoslavia, Chechnya and Afghanistan. Since 1991 Ron Haviv has
documented the consequences of the meltdown of the Yugoslavian
federation and the intensification of the war, for which the Bosnians
pay the highest price, until the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic ten years
on. Christopher Morris covers the war in Chechnya that the Russians have
waged since 1994 with a temporary ceasefire in 1997. 1996 marks the
Talibans’ arrival in Kabul and the setting up of their regime in a
country where the future seemed to hold no alternative to war. James
Nachtwey witnesses the scars of the inevitable war. |
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the second intifada as it is known breaks out. Again the origins of the movement that ends in the deposition of President Suharto (1998) are clearly in the flaring up of street violence. John Stanmeyer follows its development and consequences in East Timor and shows the extreme brutality of the repression. George Bush accuses Iraq of being one of the countries presenting a major threat for the security of the US. Following iintervention in Afghanistan, America draws up a plan to rid the Iraqis of Saddam Hussein and his regime. Alexandra Boulat is sent to the region at the beginning of 2003 to witness daily life before the imminent war; she subsequently documents Baghdad and its inhabitants subjected to the bombings. As for Gary Knight, he closely follows the intervention of the military and shows the episode "The Bridge" which may well recall the rhythm and atmosphere of the cinema, only that this is real. Antonin Kratochvil, instead, has chosen to show the desert, at the entrance to the towns, a wounded landscape where at the sides of the roads there are physical signs, human and non, left by the war. Gabriel
Bauret, exhibition curator
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