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Ad van Denderen
Baladia
02.06.2012 — 30.06.2012
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17.06.2012 Artist talk & lunch
publication: Ad van Denderen — Baladia
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three texts by Ad van Denderen (NL)
three texts by Ad van Denderen (EN)
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<b>Baladia</b> is a totally desolate ghost town... ...consisting of 472 buildings... ...1200 doors... ...2500 windows... ...several lift shafts... ...6.5 km of paved and unpaved streets... ...a complete tunnel system... ...mosques and a hospital... ...home for the elderly... ...bank, school, cemetery annex football pitch... ...police station, kasbah and fugitive camp. Baladia is used for test attacks on Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon and Syria Man-sized holes have been constructed in concrete moulds.