Fron­tiè­res Ex­té­ri­eu­res

In the organizer's words:

A project about borders by Luis August Krawen

We generally associate Europe with democracy, universalism and human rights; the EU is seen as a liberal, diverse league of nations. Europe's self-image is constructed from its opposition to authoritarianism. Nevertheless, Frontex is an agency that operates at the EU's external borders and has attracted attention in recent years primarily due to its lack of transparency, human rights violations and questionable partners.

How does this contradiction come about? Is it inherent to the system, perhaps even deliberate? Is the armament of our borders being driven forward at the edge of our field of vision? "Frontières Extérieures" explores the question of how dehumanizing dynamics can arise in border areas and draws a psychogram of the political actors responsible between coffee cup and pushback, between secret prison camps and stamp pads.