Full Description
The fall of the Berlin Wall motivated photographer and journalist Lieve Blancquaert to set off on an epic tour of Europe in her campervan. She visited all 27 member states of the European Union in search of the origins of this identity. She wanted to hear and feel what holds us together and what divides us.
Her many personal encounters reveal time and again that our own language, history, concerns, desires and dreams are far more universal than we might at first think. Europeans as such don't exist, and yet we are connected in many different ways, whether we like it or not.
Through hundreds of penetrating images and dozens of colourful stories, Lieve Blancquaert shows, as in a travel diary, the complexity, diversity and beauty of this vulnerable continent.
With a foreword by Hendrik Vos. At the same time as the book, VRT Canvas is also launching a series of the same name, and the accompanying exhibition at Mechelen Cultural Centre runs from 14 March to 30 June 2024, as part of the city festival Construct Europe.
Contents
1 Germany — Berlin — 7 March
2 Poland — Warsaw — 10 March
3 Poland — Auschwitz — 12 March
4 Slovakia — Ladce — 14 March
5 Hungary — Budapest — 16 March
6 Greece — Paralia Katerinis — 20 March
7 Greece — Elassona — 21 March
8 Bulgaria — Skobelevo — 26 March
9 Romania — Bucharest — 29 March
10 Romania — Between Bucharest and Sibiu, Cornățel — 30 March
11 Croatia — Zagreb — 1 April
12 Croatia — Čakovec — 2 April
13 Slovenia — Ljubljana — 3 April
14 Italy — Trieste — 9 April
15 Czechia — Uhelná — 14 April
16 Austria — Weingut Geyerhof, Furth bei Göttweig — 16 April
17 Italy — Canazei, Marmolada Glacier — 18 April
18 Italy — Ventimiglia — 20 April
19 Spain — Cañada de Benatanduz, Teruel — 25 April
20 Spain — Cuevas del Almanzora — 27 April
21 Spain — El mar de plástico — 28 April
22 Portugal — Fátima — 10 May
23 France — Poiseul-la-Grange — 16 May
24 Luxembourg — Luxembourg — 18 May
25 United Kingdom — Eyemouth, Scotland — 26 May
26 Ireland — Carndonagh — 29 May
27 Netherlands — Urk — 6 June
28 Denmark — Copenhagen — 8 June
29 Sweden — Stockholm — 12 June
30 Finland — Helsinki — 15 June
31 Estonia — Tallinn — 18 June
32 Estonia — Narva — 20 June
33 Latvia — Riga — 22 June
34 Lithuania — Vilnius — 23 June
35 Malta — Golden Bay — 10 July
36 Belgium — Barbençon — 15 August
37 Cyprus (in Kortrijk) — 26 November
Lieve Blancquaert, Ghent — 6 months later
Portraits
