CARME CENTER. Museum, 2
Countries and continents, borders in general, They are artificial constructions, Yeah. There is a lot of invented mythology and too much history modeled on these constructs that manage to make us feel Valencian., spanish (or not) or European. Y in the case of Europe, since World War II, the efforts to create a feeling of belonging have been titanic, especially for capital (Schengen, the common currency…), but also, something, on a human level (Erasmus scholarships). However, according to Jean-Christophe Béchet, main photographer of the exhibition European Puzzle organized by the Institut French from Valencia, "by Reuntilavik to istanbul, from Moscow to Lisbon, some borders are collapsing, others emerging, some roads open while others close… Our milestones are being shaken.”. The interest of the Marseilles Bwaste through Europe he wakes up when he lives in Moscow, in first person, the attempted coup against Gorbachev in 1991 that would mark the collapse of the USSR and the beginning of a new era on the continent. Since then, During his travels he has collected a visual chronicle of different European countries learning about the relativity of the concept “border”, feeling the weight of the weather and personal stories, searching myths, discovering writers, musicians, poets and artists. In European puzzle you will find street scenes, portraits and landscapes (also from Valencia), color and black and white, of a wonderfully diverse Europe on which old ideas that seemed outdated plan. S.M.
