The exhibition provides insight into the daily lives of the European Parliament through the lens of eleven photographers, representing ten countries of the Union. JH Engström (Sweden), Pierre Faure (France), Toby Glanville (UK), Lukas Jasanskŭ and Martin Polak (Czech Republic), Kanonisto Aino (Finland), Martin Kollár (Slovakia), Bettina Lockemann (Germany), Eric Overmeer (Netherlands ), Xaver Ribas (Spain), and Krzysztof Zielinski (Poland) were invited to spend two weeks in the three places of the European Parliament and the creation of a parliamentary photographic series presents everyday life.
Parliament with its three locations - in Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg - is the heart of the European Union. Every day working there more than 700 parliamentarians - representatives of all EU member states and thousands of officers, translators and support staff members of the lower level. Parliament buildings in Strasbourg and Brussels often appear in television migawkach of deliberations. But who knows what the everyday life of its employees? Who are these people? What are the corridors, offices, kitchens? These questions answered photographers invited by the Goethe Institute to participate in a photo project. Uses many artistic forms: from the classic documentary photography in the work of carefully staged. The resulting series of images revealing scenes of everyday life a little EP, with each artist intrigued by another subject.
Pierre Faure fascinated "factory" simultaneous translation - dozens of interpreters, microphones, headphones, languages and dozens of meetings, which must handle. Toby Glanville interested in the protection of life of workers, cooks, waiters and clerks. Lukas Jasanskŭ and Martin Polak showed the Parliament through the prism of collected works of art. In a series of photos Aino Kannisto mysterious heroine turns out to be their author, who, like the chameleon belongs to the context of the interior of the Parliament. Martin Kollár MPs portrayed in the corridors and offices - posing, working, praying. Bettina Lockemann presented in black and white spaces, corridors and staircases. Eric Overmeer focused on images of transmission facilities in Brussels, from which the images are sent to the deliberations and meetings to Strasbourg. Xavier Ribas documented Parliament building in Brussels urban context, creating a photographic records of the transformation space. Krzysztof Zielinski presented the participants in official meetings and banquets in the form of niepozowanych, loose collective portrait.
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