An interesting article by Noam Chomsky that talks about “red lines” like invisible borders that determine the political balance  of this word. Political issues are a characteristic of borders, as much as  i try to avoid all political controversy! however Chomsky’s article is accurate http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23448-noam-chomsky-red-lines-in-ukraine-and-elsewhere

as I took my exhibition down and started preparing for more border-photography in summer, the elections for the European parliament are on. I voted and noted that most of the parties on the ballot paper were against-EU, which seems to be sadly  in-fashion nowadays…

http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2014/elezioni/europee/

TONIGHT!

Tonight at Waterfront Gallery, University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich

Borderlands: The Edges of Europe

artist talk 4-5pm

private view 6-8pm

http://www.privatephotoreview.com/news-events/photoexhibition/borderlands-the-edges-of-europe/

Many thanks to Arts Council England, European Cultural Foundation and University Campus Suffolk for their support!

Exhibition BORDERLANDS: THE EDGES OF EUROPE opens tomorrow 14th April 2014 at Waterfront Gallery, Neptune Quays, Ipswich, UK.

14th April – 23rd May 2014 Monday – Friday 9 am – 6pm

Artist talk 29th April 4pm-5pm

Private view 29th April 6pm -8pm

Supported by Arts Council England, European Cultural Foundation and University Campus Suffolk

Photographs taken along the buffer zone that splits cyprus in 2. Taken in 2012. Particular thanks to the ministry of culture of the Republic of Cyprus and the United Nations.
2 things stayed in my mind: how time stopped and many areas were unchanged since 1974. And how, despite the difficult situation, Cypriots have retained a great sense of humor: in Nicosia next to the “green line” there is a kebab shop called “The Berlin Wall” (it’s garden ends in the fortified wall of the division) and also, near a checkpoint, there is an underwear shop called “No Border Underwear”

As I am preparing for the exhibition at the Waterfront Gallery, Ipswich, here some images photographed in 2012 at the UN base in Nicosia, Cyprus

a very interest website + book, challenging EU- stereotypes http://thepigs.eu/

EXHIBITION:

14^th April – 23^rd May 2014

Monday – Friday 9AM – 6PM

Artist Talk: 29^th April 2014 4PM – 5PM

Private View: 29^th April 2014   6PM – 8PM

Waterfront Gallery

University Campus Suffolk

Neptune Quay

Ipswich IP4 1QJ

https://www.facebook.com/events/440798352690048/

An interesting article by writer Nicolai Lilin,  published in italian, that disucsses the current socio political situation in ex-soviet countries, in light of recent tensions in Ukraine. It highlights how in all easter europe and ex-soviet countires “citizenship” and “nationality” are extremely separate concepts, in which “nationality” often reflects “ethnicity”.

http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2014/03/24/quella-scheggia-di-terra-orfana-dellurss-dove.html?ref=search

This is very interesting if we consider that  for example in Latvia there is a high percentage of people who are russian ethnics and are not allowed to use Russian in public places.