http://mebb.de/notes/2006/12/16/schrift/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:22:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://mebb.de/notes/2006/12/16/schrift/#comment-16343 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:53:26 +0000 http://mebb.de/notes/2006/12/16/schrift/#comment-16343 Sorry for the belated comment and for writing in Englsh, my German is not good enough for this comment and i suspect my mothertongue, Spanish, would not be much help:) I only saw yr comment today on a rare revisit to the PingMag article about the work i did with the Kabul students and artists. I sense that you are rightfully concerned about the use of a green banner. Please know that we were keenly aware of its significance. It was an idea that emerged when i saw in KBL how many disturbing American billboards there were, selling Ford trucks and CocaCola to a society that is barely awakening from a obviously difficult period. Likewise I was also amazed as to the thousands of green 'banners' that demarcated the remains of those recently deceased. I came up with the idea of making this performance and installation and then designed the production in collaboration with local artist Rahraw Omarzad and his local colleagues and students from the Center of Contemporary Art of Afghanistan, all as part of the workshop. We all felt that, yes it was an action that might be misread, but it is part of making work that creates questions. In general, our thinking was that it was both a critique to the geopolitical occupation and a way to hopefully inspire a new beginning for the city by putting to rest the tragedy of the past 30 years. I hope you find this comment of relevance. Your blog is thoughtful; a rarity these days. Thanks. Khudahafiz bradar-e qand. Sorry for the belated comment and for writing in Englsh, my German is not good enough for this comment and i suspect my mothertongue, Spanish, would not be much help:) I only saw yr comment today on a rare revisit to the PingMag article about the work i did with the Kabul students and artists. I sense that you are rightfully concerned about the use of a green banner. Please know that we were keenly aware of its significance. It was an idea that emerged when i saw in KBL how many disturbing American billboards there were, selling Ford trucks and CocaCola to a society that is barely awakening from a obviously difficult period. Likewise I was also amazed as to the thousands of green ‘banners’ that demarcated the remains of those recently deceased. I came up with the idea of making this performance and installation and then designed the production in collaboration with local artist Rahraw Omarzad and his local colleagues and students from the Center of Contemporary Art of Afghanistan, all as part of the workshop. We all felt that, yes it was an action that might be misread, but it is part of making work that creates questions. In general, our thinking was that it was both a critique to the geopolitical occupation and a way to hopefully inspire a new beginning for the city by putting to rest the tragedy of the past 30 years. I hope you find this comment of relevance. Your blog is thoughtful; a rarity these days. Thanks. Khudahafiz bradar-e qand.

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