Putting the boundary at the centre - a place where contemporary art meets politics

• Authors: Ewelina Chwiejda
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

This article focuses on the question of the involvement of contemporary artists in the public debate concerning boundary issues relating to migration and the treatment of immigrants. The aim of this essay is to take a closer look at some of their strategies for making the boundary issue more visible and their ability to draw our attention to the situation of excluded minorities, such as “clandestines” and refugees. The object of the study is, in particular, the way in which these artists address the question of the international migration process in the modern “open”, “ostensibly borderless” world, and the socio-political problems it generates. The effect of the border-crossing experience on the life of an immigrant, the image attached to him or her by the “host” society, as well as the artistic reflections on EU institutions and the hospitality of contemporary European societies are also included in the author’s analysis.

Keywords

PL

migration; border studies; visual culture; contemporary art; European Union

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Praktyka Teoretyczna
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 227-243

Dates

published

2014-01-01

Contributors

author

Ewelina Chwiejda

• Ewelina Chwiejda Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales 52 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine 75005 Paris

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pt.2014.3.9