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Aladin – Courtesy of Nicolo Fano
Map of Faith, by Giuseppe Moscatello
ropean societies of “the (Arab/Muslim) Other.”
German chancellor Angela Merkel’s announce-
ment of the failure and death of multicultural-
ism in 2010, David Cameron’s call for the end
of “passive tolerance,” recent attacks on Roma
communities throughout Europe, particularly
in France and Italy, and the rise to prominence
of figures like Marine Le Pen or Gert Wilders
are just a few examples of many.”
“The Magic Show”
Aladin (London)
Aladin is a professional magician. He is an elite
“Gold Turban” member of the legendary Magic
Academy in Bangalore, India. He appeared as
himself in the Universal Pictures film
Magicians
and features in the global compendium of virtuo-
sos, “Book of Cool”. Occupied with the critical
trespass across the frontier between the real and the
illusive, and in the spirit of putting “Art into Ac-
tion”, aladin conducted a one-hour public interven-
tion, “Becoming European byMagic,” in which he
questioned and played with ideas of ethnic and na-
tional identity through the device of a magic show.
Stitching the Buffer Zone 1:
Territories are but fear of space
Stitching the Buffer Zone
was a collective initia-
tive which aimed to build up an open platform of
interaction and exchange around the issue of the
UN buffer zone in Cyprus. By means of exhibi-
tions, presentations, and/or public interventions,
in Cyprus and abroad,
Stitching the Buffer Zone
was an on-going open call to activists, architects,
artists, researchers and urban planners to question,
to reformulate and to contest prevailing norms
and ideologies concerning this spatial strip; a strip
which is still excluded from everyday experience.
These collaborative events sought to shift perspec-
tive, to create new experiences, meanings, rela-
tionships, situations and understanding.
Territories are but fear of space
was the first ex-
hibition presented by
Stitching the Buffer Zone
.
It brought together four women, architects and
urban planners whose work derives from a criti-
cal belief that histories of segregation produce
territories of exclusion. Their approaches suggest
processes to transform the buffer zone from such
a territory to a space of multiple encounters. In
their own words:
“The Stitches” by Maria Costi