9 Years Since The Utøya And Oslo Attacks

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Yes, it seems like it was only a few years ago. 77 innocent people slaughtered. Tragic!

Today, the New York Times had a list of 50 films that are now available on Netflix, and are "must see"s", including "July 22nd", a dramatization of the attacks, the attacker, and his victims. (In English). I'm glad I watched it, although the first part of it is very difficult to watch. This is the blurb about it in the Times:

‘22 July’ (2018)
The director Paul Greengrass returns to the documentary-style immediacy of his “United 93” (also streaming on Netflix) and “Captain Phillips” with this dramatization of the 2011 Oslo terror attacks, in which the bombing of a government building was used to set the stage for a mass shooting at a teen summer camp. Those horrifying, gripping sequences are not for the faint of heart, but (unlike with “United 93”) the story doesn’t stop there; his portraiture of the tragedy’s aftermath is tough and complex, and the film doesn’t have to overstate the continuing presence of this kind of terror.

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I know that this is just a side-note to a horrifying tragedy, and I in no way mean to diminish the pain of the loss of LIFE that happened in Oslo on July 22nd, 2011, by posting this recent article from ARTnews. But, I think it is of note, that the damage caused by Anders Behring Breivik continues to this day, not only in the lives of the survivors and families of those lost, but also, right down to the very architectural structures that he tried to destroy and the symbolic art works contained in them.

Norwegian Officials Remove Picasso Murals from Oslo’s Y-Block

"Officials in Norway have removed two prized concrete murals by Pablo Picasso from a government building in Oslo slated for demolition. The controversial decision to tear down the 50-year-old complex has divided critics in the past few months, as some lauded Norwegian architect Erling Viksjoe’s structure as a masterpiece, while others called for a safer replacement free of painful associations. The building was damaged in July 2011 when a bomb planted by far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik detonated, killing eight people.
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The building, deemed the "Y-Block" based on its appearance from the air, was formerly the home of Norway’s education ministry, but has been boarded up since the July 22nd, 2011 terrorist attack by Breivik.
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Critics of the demolition have argued that destroying the Y-Block, viewed by many as symbolic of Norway’s democratic principles,
completes Breivik’s mission. Others protested the separation of the site-specific artworks from the Y-Block.
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Proponents of the plan have argued that the building, which was constructed over a road tunnel, is vulnerable to further attacks, placing the murals and government employees at risk."


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