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Europe’s borders in 2014: a visual review

It’s been an eventful year for border-related matters in Europe. Here are some visual highlights of the last 12 months…

February 2014

EUhh! The Swiss vote no to more European migrants

March 2014

Crime(a) and punishment: Russian crimeans can’t apply for Schengen visas

May 2014

All’s quiet on the Eastern front: Polish-German border 10 years after enlargement

October 2014

Surreal Melilla: Golfers vs migrants in the Spanish enclave

October 2014

Parking Lot Desperation: Syrian cars at Turkish border near Kobani

November 2014

The new marshmallows: ISIS fighters burn French passports

December 2014

The answer my friend…: anti-migrant Calais fence blown by the wind

January-December 2014

Mediterranean Blues: more boats, rescues and drownings…

See you all in 2015!!!

Mapping Schengen Art – Part V

Here is the fifth instalment of Schengen border art, an ongoing project in which I map the multifarious ways in which the Old Continent’ (real and imaginary) frontiers have been represented/performed/subverted..

Isaac Julien – Western Union: Small Boats (The Leopard) (Video Installation, 2014)

http://www.isaacjulien.com/installations/smallboats

Mimmo Paladino – Porta di Lampedusa, Porta D’Europa (sculpture, 2008)

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/africans-remembered-a-memorial-for-europe-s-lost-migrants-a-560218.html

Lena Malm, Sarah Green – Borderwork: A visual journey through periphery frontier regions (2014 photo-book)

http://www.jasilti.com/se/borderwork-bok

The Splendours and Miseries of the Schengen Zone (theatre performances, Riga, 2014)

http://www.riga2014.org/eng/news/52867-the-splendours-and-miseries-of-the-schengen-zone-in-four-plays

Schengen Schege (band, Brussels)

Malik Nejmi – “4160″ (video installation, 2014)

Mapping Schengen Art – Part IV

Here is the fourth instalment of Schengen border art, an ongoing project in which I try to map the multifarious ways in which the Old Continent’s (real and imaginary) frontiers have been represented/performed/subverted.

Blue in Morocco – Blue (2012, wall art)

http://www.madnesswall.com/2012/04/blu-in-morocco-new-wall-near-spanish.html

Caution border – AA.VV. (2009, installation)

http://www.cultura21.net/karamoja/html/art/index.php

Without borders? – Kontekst and h.arta (2009, exhibition)

http://workshopwithoutborders.wordpress.com/exhibition/

Undocumented Apparel – Julio Salgado (2012, illustrations)

http://juliosalgadoart.bigcartel.com/

Schengen-Funk – Sprutbass (2013, music)

http://www.nofearofpop.net/blog/sprutbass-schengen-funk-melkeveien-remix

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by schengenizer on March 31, 2014 • Permalink

Posted in Schengen & Popular Culture, Schengen Art, Schengen in the 'hood, Schengen Oddities, Schengen pix

Tagged art, border, Europe, music, performance, Schengen

Posted by schengenizer on March 31, 2014

https://schengenalia.com/2014/03/31/mapping-schengen-art-part-iv/

Mapping Europe’s border art – Part III

Here is the third instalment of Schengen border art, an ongoing project in which I try to map the multifarious ways in which the Old Continent’s (real and imaginary) frontiers have been represented/performed/subverted.

Schengen – Helmy Nouh (2013, film)

http://schengenfilm.com/

Migrants moving history: Narratives of diversity in Europe (2007, documentary)

http://www.migrants-moving-history.org/documentary.htm

The list – Banu Cennetoglu (2006, installation)

http://edno.bg/en/sofia-contemporary-2013/program/759

Permanent Waiting Room (2008, Installation)

http://www.kitch.si/livingonaborder/node/7

Melilla – Flo Razowsky (2007, photos)

http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/9398

New Voices from Europe and Beyond’ – ARC Publications/ Literature Across Frontiers (Poetry Anthology Series)

http://www.lit-across-frontiers.org/activities-and-projects/project/new-voices-from-europe-and-beyond/

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by schengenizer on February 28, 2014 • Permalink

Posted in Inside Schengen, Schengen & Popular Culture, Schengen Art, Schengen in the 'hood, Schengen Oddities, Schengen pix

Tagged art, border, Europe, film, frontier, installation, performance, photography, Schengen

Posted by schengenizer on February 28, 2014

https://schengenalia.com/2014/02/28/mapping-europes-border-art-part-iii/

Mapping Europe’s border art – part II

In my previous post I presented the project Schengen border art. What follows are some more examples of creative representations and performances of/about European frontiers. Enjoy!

There is no place – Lisl Ponger (2007, photographs)

http://www.grenzlinien.com/lisl-ponger.htm

Foreigners registration office – Ximena Aburto Felis (2007, video)

http://www.endloop.org/videos.html

Blue Wall of Silence – Vibeke Jensen (2007, installation)

http://www.thing.net/~vibekeie/bluewall_index.htm

Frontiers – You’ve reached Fortress Europe (2008, videogame)

http://www.frontiers-game.com/

Schengen – Raphael Haroche (2006, song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9UG-ejy6g8

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by schengenizer on January 31, 2014 • Permalink

Posted in Schengen & Popular Culture, Schengen Art, Schengen Oddities, Schengen pix

Tagged art, border, Europe, frontier, performance, photography, Schengen, video

Posted by schengenizer on January 31, 2014

https://schengenalia.com/2014/01/31/mapping-europes-border-art-part-ii/

Mapping Europe’s border art – a project

Art and other creative expressions about European borders have been a recurrent theme in this blog. So much so that I have decided to launch a new side project specifically dealing with this topic. After all, isn’t the end of the year a time for new resolutions? The tentative title of this endeveour is ‘Schengen border art’, and I am planning to develop it in the upcoming months. The goal is to map contemporary artistic performances whose main subject is the Old Continent’s frontiers, be it the ‘real’ boundary demarcations in the political, social, economic realms or their imagined projections, and in the people who cross, build or challenge them on a daily basis. These artistic performances can take different forms: from novels, poems and paintings to photographs, videos, sculptures, land art, simulations, installations, theatrical and other types of ‘live’ performances. The number of these artistic expressions has mushroomed in recent years as a result of the growing interest in (and controversy over) Europe’s borders and their management. Below you will find a preview of this body of work. And stay tuned for updates on this project!

After Schengen – Ignacio Evangelista (2013)