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...lovers visiting the designer washrooms at Brisbane's stunning Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) over the next few months may wonder what Taiwan artist Charwei Tsai's video projection Hand Washing Project 1 signifies. It's one of over 500 recent and commissioned works (313 pieces of art, and 261 feature-length and short films) in the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6) at the twin sites of the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and GoMA. Charwei Tsai will project images onto the washbasins of, well, people washing their hands. Go figure...
Earlier this month, Lieut. Colonel William F. McCullough, commanding officer of the 1-5 U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand province, took part in an exercise in insurgent reintegration. He rose from a dusty couch and extended his hand to one Abdul Khalik, whom his men had detained for the previous three days on suspicion of insurgent activities...
...Anything he wants," said McCullough, taking Khalik's hand and shaking it, "so long as he supports us and our government...
Khalik, dusty in a torn shalwar kameez, looked relieved as McCullough released his ink stained hand. His village elder, a long gray-bearded man named Haji Assidullah - who had just signed the corollary "Reintegration Sponsor Agreement" - gave him a reassuring smile. A Marine took Khalik from the room and then walked outside to retrieve another detainee, to repeat the process...
...find these guys with criminals again, I will be less inclined to hand them over to you," said McCullough, evenly...