ROTOR
Graz, Austria
March – June 2008
March – June 2008
Participating artists: Ursula Biemann (Zurich); The Maghreb Connection: Doa Aly (Cairo)/ Hala Elkoussy (Cairo/Amsterdam)/ Charles Heller (London/Geneva)/ Raphaël Cuomo / Maria Iorio (Berlin/Geneva); Michael Blum (Vienna/New York); Luchezar Boyadjiev (Sofia);Eduard Freudmann / Can Gülcü / Lorenz Aggermann (Vienna/Belgrade); Petra Gerschner (Munich); Joachim Hainzl (Graz);Lala Rascic (Zagreb), Sofie Thorsen (Vienna)With an opening speech held by Robert Reithofer
The Fortress Europe is expanding and the EU is increasingly working together with its neighboring countries, so that the latter already stop the flow of migration. Who nevertheless gets through has to expect that he or she is deported under inhumane circumstances. Within the Union too exclusion is gaining ground, in order to shut off certain segments of the population from public life. Moreover, so called gated communities have emerged, which are to give their residents the feeling of total security.Land of Human Rights
