{"id":3346,"date":"2016-08-03T12:42:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T10:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/en\/portfolio\/palazzo-ducale-venezia\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T09:19:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T07:19:55","slug":"palazzo-ducale-venezia-en","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/palazzo-ducale-venezia-en\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voices of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row type=&#8221;boxed&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]NUR. AFGHAN NOTES<br \/>\nTHE VOICES OF SILENCE<br \/>\nDodge Palace, Venice<br \/>\nSeptember 2nd, 2011<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/comunicato-stampa-veneziaENG.pdf\">Presse release <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Captions are missing<br \/>\nunder the images of this exposition<br \/>\nnot because of\u00a0 forgetfulness,<br \/>\nbut of a\u00a0 hard-fought decision.<\/p>\n<p>These images are merely voiceless\u00a0observations,<br \/>\nsimply\u00a0 muzzled notes.<\/p>\n<p>This is a complaint<br \/>\nagainst the censorship<br \/>\nof the Italian media<br \/>\nwith respect to the Afghan people,<br \/>\nmade of faceless,<br \/>\nnameless,<br \/>\npast-less<br \/>\nmen, women, and children.<\/p>\n<p>Italy speaks about this war<br \/>\nonly at funeral services,<br \/>\njust to give a round of applause<br \/>\nto the\u00a0 coffins of our young soldiers,<br \/>\nor otherwise, at the State departments,<br \/>\nwhere only\u00a0 gossip prevails,<br \/>\nsuch as wondering<br \/>\nwhat would be best<br \/>\nto wear for a state visit:<br \/>\ntie? uniform?<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan does not mean just war,<br \/>\nalthough we have been fighting<br \/>\nthis war for ten years already,<br \/>\non thousand-year-old silk roads,<br \/>\ndestroying delicate balances<br \/>\nand feeding monsters.<br \/>\nThe war is all over the place.<br \/>\nin every face, in every thought,<br \/>\nin everybody\u2019s daily life.<\/p>\n<p>The hard\u00a0 task in Afghanistan<br \/>\naimed at\u00a0 collecting\u00a0 human\u00a0 stories<br \/>\nthat are neither clich\u00e9s<br \/>\nnor confirmations of our immoralities,<br \/>\nis nothing compared to the energy<br \/>\none has to invest\u00a0 in Italy to tell them.<\/p>\n<p>I know:<br \/>\nspeaking about\u00a0the Afghan people<br \/>\nis awkward.<br \/>\nIt is frightening.<br \/>\nIt\u00a0 is uncomfortable.<br \/>\nI know.<br \/>\nAnd yet\u00a0 my responsibility<br \/>\nis to say this is morally wrong.<\/p>\n<p>To tell what life is about<br \/>\nin those lands,<br \/>\nto tear the curtains<br \/>\ncreated by the media,<br \/>\nmeans to discard<br \/>\nthose very\u00a0 stereotypes<br \/>\nthat cause the war.<\/p>\n<p>Terrorism is eagerly fed by schemes,<br \/>\nrejoices whenever<br \/>\nit comes into the limelight.<br \/>\nShould\u00a0 we wipe it away,<br \/>\nterrorism\u00a0 all of a sudden<br \/>\nwould disappear.<br \/>\nBut our excuses to wage war<br \/>\nwould disappear as well.<br \/>\nAnd this would be extremely uncomfortable<br \/>\nfor the big game that overwhelms us.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much for being here,<br \/>\nbecause by being here you bear witness<br \/>\nto the desire and will to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much<br \/>\nfor giving hospitality to these images.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much<br \/>\nfor having let\u00a0 me understand<br \/>\nhow important it is to be among Afghans.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure that\u00a0 your sensitiveness<br \/>\nwill help you to\u00a0 read<br \/>\nthese voiceless images<br \/>\nand all the uncountable stories<br \/>\nbehind them.<\/p>\n<p>One day, hopefully,<br \/>\nthey will speak by themselves.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_media_grid style=&#8221;pagination&#8221; items_per_page=&#8221;9&#8243; arrows_design=&#8221;vc_arrow-icon-arrow_01_left&#8221; arrows_position=&#8221;outside&#8221; arrows_color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; item=&#8221;masonryMedia_Default&#8221; initial_loading_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1684480781905-75ccd098b566221c4515e94fdd38da77-4&#8243; include=&#8221;4838,4839,4848,4845,4844,4849,4847,4846,4843,4833,4836,4842,4852,4851,4835,4855,4841,4850&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","portfolio-category":[9],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Voices of Silence - Monika Bulaj<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monikabulaj.com\/en\/portfolio-item\/palazzo-ducale-venezia-en\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Voices of Silence - Monika Bulaj\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row type=&#8221;boxed&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]NUR. 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