Luxembourg Pavilion which took place in 2009. As far as i'm concerned, they're pictures about the peculiar kind of urbanism you get in hot, latin countries, whose traditional cultures are so unsuited to the model of capitalist urbanism that it provokes a kind of deep crisis - which is of course very artistically interesting. For more stuff in this vein, see the film Gomorra (2008) by Matteo Garrone, or of course, the classic Cidade de Deus (2002) by Fernando Meirelles.
The overbearing blue filters make it seem hugely oppressive, even in the bright daylight, and the compartmentalised presentation is pretty eye-catching as well. I love the graffiti at the bottom of the second picture, that bright white through the blue filter. Looks pretty sharp. Full credit to Nadine Hilbert & Gast Bouschet @ http://www.bouschet-hilbert.org/
All scenes were shot near the Strait of Gibraltar and on the shores of Sicily at nighttime, references to the animal world. Images of garbage cans and crumbling buildings are cut in with shots of satellites, boats, surveillance and geological imagery of mountains, caves dripping water and insects caught in a web.
Collision Zone, the title of our work is a term used in plate tectonics. It designates a zone where continental plates clash. Tectonics tell us that continents move and the African continent is actually moving towards the European continent. These are very slow processes and Africa moves towards Europe at the speed of 4 or 5 centimeters per year. That is the same speed as our fingernails are growing. So, one day the Mediterranean Sea will be closed and the natural border between Africa and Europe will have disappeared.
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