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Europe’s borders in 2019 : a visual review

Here we go again: another year, another (visual) review of all that has affected European borders in 2019. Brexit (once again) took center stage, but also Schengen’s ‘internal’ borders, migrants crossing the Meditteranean, and more refugee art… Enjoy!

December

Internal border checks within Schengen: no more needed, and yet…

November

New powers for Europe’s border agency

The revival of the “Balkan mini Schengen”

October

Johnson’s Brexit deal and Nothern Ireland: hard border with Great Britain?

Croatia as new Schengen member: The Commission says yes!

September

Still at it! Turkey ups pressure on visa-free entry into EU

August

‘Makes Me Sick’: Ai Weiwei Says Europe Has Turned Its Back on Refugees

July

Banksy’s Brexit mural mysteriously disappears…

June

Angels Unaware | Timothy P. Schmalz

May 2019

Banksy resurfaces in Venice…

April

Check check check! Austria prolongs border controls with Hungary and Slovenia

March

Teenage African migrants accused of hijacking tanker

EU ends migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean

February

African states say no to EU migrant camp plans

January

We end as we started… – Hassan Fazili on the refugee journey

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by schengenizer on December 30, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in Inside Schengen, Schengen pix

Tagged 2019, art, border, Brexit, Europe, European Union, Mediterranean, migration, refugee performance, review, Schengen

Posted by schengenizer on December 30, 2019

https://schengenalia.com/2019/12/30/europes-borders-in-2019-a-visual-review/

Mapping Schengen Art – new entries

Here is the latest instalment of Schengen Border Art, an ongoing project in which I map the multifarious ways in which the Old Continent’s (real and imaginary) frontiers have been represented/performed/subverted through creative performances. Enjoy!

Les Exilés

Didier Viode

(Painting, 2017)

http://didierviode.fr/les-exiles/

Europe’s New Borders

Rasmus Degnbol (2016, photos)

http://www.rasmusdegnbol.com/portfolio/europes-new-borders/

For the Right to Have Rights!,

Castaway Souls of Sjælsmark/Denmark (2016, theatre performance)

http://www.kunstkritikk.com/wp-content/themes/KK/ajax/general/print.php?id=78662&r=0.09570529498159885

The Crossing

George Kurian (2015, documentary)

https://vimeo.com/137956327

The Land Between

David Fedele (2013, documentary)

thelandbetweenfilm.com

Performing Borders Study Room Guide

Alessandra Cianetti (2016, book)

http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/resources/catalogue/performing-borders-a-study-room-guide-on-physical-and-conceptual-borders-wi

Mobility and Migration in Film and Moving Image Art: Cinema Beyond Europe

Nilgün Bayraktar

(2016, book)

https://www.routledge.com/Mobility-and-Migration-in-Film-and-Moving-Image-Art-Cinema-Beyond-Europe/Bayraktar/p/book/9781138858831

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by schengenizer on October 31, 2017 • Permalink

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

Tagged art, border, documentary, Europe, Mediterranean, migration, performance, photos, Schengen, theatre

Posted by schengenizer on October 31, 2017

https://schengenalia.com/2017/10/31/mapping-schengen-art-new-entries/

Launching Schengen Border Art

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After a long gestation, Schengen Border Art has seen the light!

As anticipated in some of my previous posts, the purpose of this online project is to virtually map contemporary artistic and other creative expressions whose main subject is Europe’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: photographs, paintings, videos, sculptures, novels, poems, 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) European borders and especially those comprising the so-called ‘Schengen area’. In the site you will find a selection of this body of work, regularly updated, with information about the author and her/her creative piece(s), and an interactive map to locate them within Europe or beyond.. Check it out (schengenborderart.com), and help expanding it by suggesting new entries!

Schengen 200/51 (Migrants) – Stefano Bosis – Drawing

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by schengenizer on May 31, 2016 • Permalink

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged art, border, Europe, exibition, migration, music, performance, Schengen, theatre

Posted by schengenizer on May 31, 2016

https://schengenalia.com/2016/05/31/launching-schengen-border-art/

Mapping Schengen Art – Part VII

Here is the seventh 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.

Freedom Bus Project – Crossborder – International Network of History and Art (2015)

http://www.cross-border-network.eu/freedombus-home.php

Art Bridges Europe – AA.VV. (Itinerant multimedia project 2015)

https://artbridgeseurope.wordpress.com/

Residenzpflicht – The invisible borders – Philipp Kuebart (2012-14, exhibition)

http://www.invisibleborders.de/main_en.html

The Mediterranean Tunnel – MTO (street art, 2015)

http://www.streetartnews.net/2015/07/the-mediterranean-tunnel-by-mto-in.html

Immigration – Daniel Garcia (2015; mixed media)

http://www.danielgarciaart.com/immigrats/

Surprising Europe – African migration experiences (multimedia project ; 2013)

http://www.surprisingeurope.com/

Breaching Borders: Art, Migrants and the Metaphor of Waste – Steyn and Stamselberg (book; 2014)

http://www.ibtauris.com/Books/Society%20%20social%20sciences/Society%20%20culture%20general/Cultural%20studies/Crosscultural%20Identities%20Art%20Migrants%20and%20the%20Metaphor%20of%20Waste.aspx?menuitem=%7B4BBEF2AD-7935-412A-ADEC-60A9409023F6%7D

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by schengenizer on July 31, 2015 • Permalink

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

Tagged Africa, art, books, border, Europe, exhibition, migration, performance, photography, Schengen

Posted by schengenizer on July 31, 2015

https://schengenalia.com/2015/07/31/mapping-schengen-art-part-vii/

Mapping Schengen Art – Part VI

Here is the sixth 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.

White Crosses – Centre for Political Beauty (Art installation, 2014)

http://www.politicalbeauty.com/wall.html

Bordergame – National Theatre Wales (2014, live/online performance, role-play)

http://nationaltheatrewales.org/bordergame

Borrando La Barda/Erasing the Border – Ana Teresa Fernandez (2001, visual performance)

EU-MAN – European Union Migrant Artists Network (1997)

http://www.eu-man.org/index.htm

And to conclude, some Schengen pop culinaria…

Schengen Restaurant – Delhi

The Indian Schengen

Echoes of Europe in a review of Delhi’s Schengen restaurant:

“Schengen is unmissable, with its bright lights, all-white exterior… (…). Yet as you enter there is a nagging sense that there is way too much space. (…) Schengen is a massive space to fill…”

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by schengenizer on March 31, 2015 • Permalink

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

Tagged art, border, Europe, frontiers, installation, performance, popular culture, Schengen, thetre

Posted by schengenizer on March 31, 2015

https://schengenalia.com/2015/03/31/mapping-schengen-art-part-vi/

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)

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by schengenizer on October 31, 2014 • Permalink

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

Tagged art, border, Europe, Schengen

Posted by schengenizer on October 31, 2014

https://schengenalia.com/2014/10/31/mapping-schengen-art-part-v/

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)