Walls

Here we collect links, images and ideas about walls:

VIMEO 41284801 A video installation project by artist Danae Stratou based on a text by Yanis Varoufakis - diem25.org

CYPRUS: GREEN LINE | KOSOVO: NORTH – SOUTH MITROVICA |N. IRELAND: BELFAST | WEST BANK: PALESTINE | MEXICO – USA: BORDER FENCE

Walls have a longstanding relation both with liberty from fear and subjugation to another’s will. After 1945, walls acquired an unprecedented determination to divide. They spread like a bushfire from Berlin to Palestine, from the tablelands of Kashmir to the villages of Cyprus, from the Korean peninsula to the streets of Belfast.

When the Cold War ended, we were told to expect their dismantling. Instead, they are growing taller, more impenetrable, longer. They leap from one continent onto the next. They are globalising. From the West Bank to Kosovo, from the gated communities of Egypt to those of California, from the killing fields of old Ethiopia to the US-Mexico borders, a seamless wall is meandering its way, both physically and emotionally, on the planet's surface. Its spectre is upon us.

Yanis Varoufakis

The video installation has been presented at the International Visual Arts Program (2010); The Adelaide Festival, Exhibition RESTLESS - Adelaide International 2012, Australia, curated by Victoria Lynn.

# See also

In its modern form, a gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences - wikipedia