I was commissioned to write an essay for this site: http://borderlineproject.org.uk/

Borderline is a multi-part project focusing on utilising artists’ projects as a means of questioning how emerging European artists and designers are engaging with ideas around borders, nationhood, alternative methods of social organisation and collaboration.

The project also aims to explore the role of art in framing these ideas, particularly in relation to the current state of European politics and increasing social unease within many rapidly changing populations.

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Many parts of the EU are undergoing a period of rapid social change due to non-European migration, and migration from Eastern Europe, as well as continued prejudice against Romany / Traveller communities.

We are also witnessing the mainstreaming of far-right politics, as a reflection of unease amongst sections of the wider population.

With this project, we aim to create a space for artists’ commissions, web content and public discourse concerning the challenges being faced by artists wishing to propose alternative visions of contemporary Europe.

Borderline is funded by Arts Council England and Chelsea Programme, Chelsea College of Art & Design.

Borderline is a Chelsea Programme project.

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