Previously on view in the Amsterdam Biennale: Robert Kluijver

Kabul Pavilion

Coping with the Green Zone - from within and without

Since 2001, key areas in the center of Kabul have progressively been cordoned off from normal access by Afghans to form a kind of Green Zone, where foreign nationals and high-level Afghan returnees can feel secure. This pavilion looks at the Kabul experience from within the international zone, and at strategies of adaptation and eventual reclamation by different Afghan forces kept outside of it: from the Taliban to the democrats.

The Kabul pavilion is on view in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 at Mediamatic from 16 October 2009 until January 3, 2010.

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Curator Robert Kluijver from Kabul - At the Opening of Amsterdam Biennale 2009 on 16 October 2009. The Kabul Pavilion, curator: Robert Kluijver. Oct 17 - Jan 3 2009/10, in the Amsterdam Biennale at Mediamatic. at the Opening of Amsterdam Biennale 2009 Raphael Rehbach

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Backside of Kabul pavilion - The Kabul Pavilion, curator: Robert Kluijver. Oct 17 - Jan 3 2009/10, in the Amsterdam Biennale at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Kabul Pavilion Mirror Imaging - The Kabul Pavilion, curator: Robert Kluijver. Oct 17 - Jan 3 2009/10, in the Amsterdam Biennale at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Posing inside the Kabul Pavillion - At the opening of the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 on 16 October 2009. The Kabul Pavilion, curator: Robert Kluijver. Oct 17 - Jan 3 2009/10, in the Amsterdam Biennale at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Map of Kabul - The Kabul Pavilion, curator: Robert Kluijver. Oct 17 - Jan 3 2009/10, in the Amsterdam Biennale at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Kabul Facing - The Kabul Pavilion, curator: Robert Kluijver. Oct 17 - Jan 3 2009/10, in the Amsterdam Biennale at Mediamatic. Raphael Rehbach

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Bezoeker bekijkt het Kabul Paviljoen - Het Kabul Paviljoen is gecureerd door Robert Kluijver. Onderdeel van de Amsterdam Biennale die van oktober 2009 tot januari 2010 plaatsvond bij Mediamatic Bank, Amsterdam. The Kabul Pavilion, curator: Robert Kluijver. Oct 17 - Jan 3 2009/10, in the Amsterdam Biennale at Mediamatic. Oct 09 - Jan 10: Mediamatic invited thirty-seven curators from all over the world to represent their city during the Amsterdam Biennale. In October 2009 the Biennale opened its first pavilion, and continued to open… Raphael Rehbach

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Having fun in Kabul - The Kabul Pavilion, curator: Robert Kluijver. Oct 17 - Jan 3 2009/10, in the Amsterdam Biennale at Mediamatic. Kabul pavilion. Middle Eastern expert Robert Kluijver's pavilion  is a personalised experience of his time living and working in Afghanistan.  The Kabul pavilion explores  the areas in the center of Kabul that have progressively been cordoned off from normal access by Afghans to form a kind of Green Zone, where foreign nationals and high-level Afghan returnees can feel secure. The… Raphael Rehbach

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Kabul Green Zone - Robert Kluijver

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... (Kabul) - To increase their (sense of) security, foreign agencies typically build layers of walls right on to the streets, forcing pedestrians (when allowed at all) to walk on the road Robert Kluijver