BORDERLINES, Kirkenes + Oslo (Norway) and Murmansk + Moscow (Russia), 2011
BORDERLINES CONSISTS OF 21 PAIRS OF BORDER POSTS FROM THE BORDER WITH RUSSIA IN THE NORWEGIAN FAR NORTH.
DURING 2011, THESE POSTS FORM TEMPORARY BORDER ZONES THROUGH URBAN PUBLIC SPACES AND PEOPLE’S DAILY MOVEMENT PATTERNS IN THE CENTRES OF KIRKENES, OSLO,MURMANSK AND MOSCOW. THE WORK CARRIES REFERENCES TO BOTH CURRENT STATE BORDERS, COLD WAR HISTORY AND THE RELATION BETWEEN CENTRE AND PERIPHERY.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, BORDERLINES REFLECTS OTHER AND LESS VISIBLE TYPES OF BORDERS THAT ARE A CONSTANT PART OF THE HUMAN CONDITION.
KIRKENES: GÅGATA-TORGET-FØRSTEVANNET 2.-14.FEBRUAR 2011
OSLO: STORTINGET-SPIKERSUPPA-SLOTTSBAKKEN 3.-11.FEBRUAR 2011
MURMANSK: ULITSA VOROVSKOGO – PROSPEKT LENINA 14.-28.FEBRUAR 2011
MORE INFORMATION AT: WWW.BORDERLINES.INFO (in Norwegian)
Photos by Marius E Hauge (Kirkenes), Gorm K Gaare (Oslo)
Reproduction by permission only.
Coordinator Oslo: Lena Thorsmæhlum
BORDERLINES is commissioned and curated by Pikene på Broen and supported by KORO
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