Contemporary world is increasingly marked by borders, fences and walls, which run through the spaces we live in. Borders are the result of a composite articulation of material aspects, concerning their external realisation, and structures of imagination, symbolic constructs and conceptual formations that involve the border and make it meaningful. In this dynamic and mutable field, artistic practices and interventions can interrupt and alterate the logic of the border, opening up a space of resistance and critical imagination, where the transparent, immutable and essentialist representation of the border is constantly challenged. Works of artists such as Bajevic, Hatoum, Salcedo, Rosver and Meredith-Vula will be analysed. They are used to transforming this separation, which they have usually lived personally, in symbolic landscape like interior landscapes. Working on imagination and creating alternative spaces, artists are able to challenge dominant representations and hegemonic discourses, making the border an active site of resistance and struggle.

Giudice, C., Giubilaro, C. (2015). Re-imagining the border: Border art as a space of critical imagination and creative resistance. GEOPOLITICS, 20(1), 79-94 [10.1080/14650045.2014.896791].

Re-imagining the border: Border art as a space of critical imagination and creative resistance

GIUBILARO, CHIARA
Ultimo
2015

Abstract

Contemporary world is increasingly marked by borders, fences and walls, which run through the spaces we live in. Borders are the result of a composite articulation of material aspects, concerning their external realisation, and structures of imagination, symbolic constructs and conceptual formations that involve the border and make it meaningful. In this dynamic and mutable field, artistic practices and interventions can interrupt and alterate the logic of the border, opening up a space of resistance and critical imagination, where the transparent, immutable and essentialist representation of the border is constantly challenged. Works of artists such as Bajevic, Hatoum, Salcedo, Rosver and Meredith-Vula will be analysed. They are used to transforming this separation, which they have usually lived personally, in symbolic landscape like interior landscapes. Working on imagination and creating alternative spaces, artists are able to challenge dominant representations and hegemonic discourses, making the border an active site of resistance and struggle.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Border Art; Geographical imaginations; Creative Resistance
English
2015
20
1
79
94
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Giudice, C., Giubilaro, C. (2015). Re-imagining the border: Border art as a space of critical imagination and creative resistance. GEOPOLITICS, 20(1), 79-94 [10.1080/14650045.2014.896791].
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