• The House of Osama Bin Laden - Langlands & Bell
  • The House of Osama Bin Laden - Langlands & Bell

    The House of Osama Bin Laden - Langlands & Bell

    Since the atrocities of September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden has achieved near-mythic status. Is he the evil mastermind of a global terrorist network, a media-savvy holy warrior, or simply a devil of our own creation? What kind of world gives rise to such a figure? In October 2002, Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell spent two weeks in Afghanistan as war artists researching the aftermath of September 11 and the war in Afghanistan for the Imperial War Museum in London. They visited a wide range of locations, including Bagram, the main US airbase, where General Franks was on a flying visit to see his troops; Bamyan, the site of the giant Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban; the Supreme Court in Kabul, where they attended and filmed the capital's first trial since the fall of the Taliban; and, after a long and difficult journey, Osama bin Laden's former home in Daruntah. This book illustrates and documents the artists' journey through Afghanistan through their own photographs and diary entries, interspersed with the artworks they made upon their return to England, which earned them a BAFTA Award for Interactive Art Installation and a Turner Prize nomination in 2004.

    300 pages.

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