Europe Made Easy

2022, video and neon sign
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The video assembles footage from Instagram reels categorized under #discovereu and #interrail. DiscoverEU is a program of the European Union which promotes the exploration of Europe by train by offering 18-year-old residents of EU countries an interrail pass valid on the whole continent. A program that intends to build the image of an Europe which is culturally diverse, yet politically united. But in fact, there seems to be little differences between Prague, Paris or Porto, where the cappuccinos all look the same, and where historic monuments become the background for selfies. Paradoxically, in a time when refugee movements are intensifying, and borders once again closing, the idea of a united and freely traversable Europe only highlights larger economic and political disparities.

Video, 14 minutes (loop), color
Neon sign, 40 x 30 cm