slanted 34 europe E-Book

• Herausgeber: Slanted Publishers
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

The European Union with its 27 member states today is facing difficult times: financial crisis, refugees, loss of allies, and exit scenarios—as implemented in the United Kingdom—lead to fear and insecurity. Above all, we are also witnessing how the digital revolution is creating a new image of mankind. The technical possibilities are about to go beyond what is politically and morally imperative. So far, Slanted has devoted its editions to individual countries or metropolises in order to take a look at the design scenes. This time we are reacting towards the need of getting together and showing the importance of the voice we have and should use, to protect the freedom others have reached for us. Slanted Magazine #34—Europe is a plea for a multi-faceted and vibrant Europe, against the backdrop of an Europe of nations, right-wing populism, and selfish politics. It is an inventory of Europe, showing a comment, a perspective, a feeling of illustrators, photographers, writers and graphic designers from all around Europe. Die Europäische Union mit ihren 27 Mitgliedsstaaten steht heute vor schwierigen Zeiten: Finanzkrise, Flüchtlinge, Verlust von Verbündeten und Austrittsszenarien - wie im Vereinigten Königreich umgesetzt - führen zu Angst und Verunsicherung. Vor allem aber erleben wir, wie die digitale Revolution ein neues Bild des Menschen schafft. Die technischen Möglichkeiten sind dabei, das politisch und moralisch Gebotene zu übersteigen. Bisher hat Slanted seine Ausgaben einzelnen Ländern oder Metropolen gewidmet, um einen Blick auf die Designszenen zu werfen. Diesmal reagieren wir auf die Notwendigkeit, sich zusammenzuschließen und zu zeigen, wie wichtig die Stimme ist, die wir haben und nutzen sollten, um die Freiheit zu schützen, die andere für uns erreicht haben. Slanted Magazine #34-Europe ist ein Plädoyer für ein facettenreiches und lebendiges Europa, vor dem Hintergrund eines Europas der Nationen, des Rechtspopulismus und der egoistischen Politik. Es ist eine Bestandsaufnahme Europas, die einen Kommentar, eine Perspektive, ein Gefühl von Illustrator*innen, Fotograf*innen, Schriftsteller*innen und Grafikdesigner*innen aus ganz Europa zeigt.

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Europe—This collage is a reinterpretation of the famous myth of Europe. Zeus seduced princess Europe trans-forming himself into a bull. He finally kidnapped her and brought her to the island of Crete. This Greek myth has been represented many time at different periods in the history. Léa Chassagne, FR

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Tom J. Barbereau

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democracy

Inspired by Greek philosophy, democracy as a construct was conceived to be imagined for the people, by the people asa systematic means for humans to cooperate in a structured society.

Today, the rise of populism in Europe under the leadership of individuals reminds of a time saturated with racism and nationalism, and is a threat to liberal democracy.

In a time where politicians are conducting diplomacy on Twitter and parties debate relatively unimportant topics (considering that climate change just might be the elephant in the room) it is time to remind ourselves as European citizens what values we want to uphold, what we consider important, and the state we want to leave this continent in for generations to come. Democracies are not rigid, they change and evolve, as we the people, are empowered to change them.

Noam Chomsky asks the essential question whether democra-cy and inherent freedom are values to be preserved or threats to be avoided? He replies, “in this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than values to be treasured, they may well be essential to survival.”

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E_U_RO_P_A—Europe is diverse and generates its power from the big picture. One for all and all for one. The continent is constantly changing. Abc&D, DE

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Blinded By The Right—Digital print and acrylics on can-vas, 2019. Created during the Brexit negotiations “Blinded by the Right” reflects upon the indictment and fragility of our times. Conflicts between tradition and progress that create fears and otherness which is only accentuated by the impact of digitalization on society. Low Bros, DE

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Europa Matches—The poster symbolizes Europe. One part is inflamed. Bureau Borsche, DE

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Just Because You Are Extremely Right Doesn’t Mean You Are Correct—Evil winds are sweeping in across Europe. How do we defeat the enemies? We speak up. We tell the truth. Few things are as powerful as words, and this is our weapon of choice. A strong message paired with bold typography and handcrafted words, speaks love and collaboration. The protest sign is a sym-bol of justice and freedom, and a testimony of how democracy can enable change. Snask, SE

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Human Dignity

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Tom J. Barbereau

DE / FR

human dignity

Following World War II, human dignity (from the Greek digni-tas) found its way into international legal articles. The Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 states that “[a]ll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”

On a national level, dignity was also ingrained into the German constitution as article 1, paragraph 1 which also uplifts dignity and locates it at the heart of the Grundgesetz. Subsequently, the concept of human dignity spread across the continent and in the context of human rights, it became a fundamental legal concept.

Virtually every breach of human dignity affects the individ-ual victim, but also society as a whole and thus, it often raises questions of how we choose to live (and die) but most impor-tantly how we choose to relate to each other and coexist on a planet fraught with increased scarcity.

Julian Zimmermann

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Markus Burke

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← 29Europa—Julian Zimmermann / Deutsche & Japaner, DE

→ The Migration Game—Push. Play. Rebound. Try again.

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Isolation Europa—The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said “This is mine,” and found people naive enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. Jean-Jaques Rousseau, 1754.

Markus Burke, DE

L2M3

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Estudio Santa Rita

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Ulises Mendicutty

Paula Troxler

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One Of Many—The appearance of some political parties far-right and populist parties has meant that in some countries drastic measures to be taken and they refuse to help to migrants rescued in the Mediterranean. Furthermore, they look to keep migration in the spot-light, they have been quick to portray the newcomers as a security threat and therefore ensuring their votes.Estudio Santa Rita, ES

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Orange—The color orange has become the uniform of the antechamber of death. Ulises Mendicutty, ES / MX

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Lifeline—Place of longing, place of closeness, place of rejection, place of home, place of hope, place of differen-ces, place of dreams. Paula Troxler, CH

Rule of Law

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rule of law

The rule of law is at the heart of a functioning democracy. Im-plicitly, there can be no rule of law without a clear separation of legislative, executive, and judiciary power.

Already in the 18th century, the French thinker Montesquieu recognized that the rule of law is fragile as he contrasted the legitimate authority of monarchs with the caprice of despots. He noted the threat of authoritarian systems to abuse the rule of law by manipulating it to gain systematic advantages.

Europe today hosts rulers of member states that are increas-ingly looking to gain power by exploiting other governing branches at the expense of the rule of law. Internationally and on the European level, the rule of law is not being respected, or it is distorted to promote individual growth.

Separation of the aforementioned power must prevail. The rule of law must prevail. Democracy must prevail—for the contin-uous survival of individuals, as well as for human society.

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Rule Of Law(Statul De Dreptin Romanian)—Victory Square where gendarmes violently assaulted innocent protesters. The title is a play on words in Romanian. “The Rule of Law” can be roughly translated as the “Upwards Stance.” Dragoș Boțcău, RO

F. Naudts & J. O’yang

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Jean Leblanc

Charlène Guyon-Mathé

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←Dorya Glenn, The New European—Her name is Dorya Glenn. Looking curiously into the camera, she is dressed in a semi-transparent costume that vaguely reminds us of a niqab. Through her conscious choice of clothes as well as the determination in her eyes, she tells us she embraces the cultural values of her new home country, including transparency (her clothes), tolerance and equal gender roles in the multicultural society. Filip Naudts & Julie O’yang / Guarda La Fotografia, BE / CN / NL

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Band Of Brothers—Who would die to protect this flag? Technocrats? Jean Leblanc, DE / FR

↑Twinkle—Collage, 2019. I dreamed that the stars on the flag turned into little elves dancing while planting seeds of consciousness about climate change. Charlène Guyon-Mathé, FR

Freedom

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freedom

During the Nazi occupation of France, the poet Paul Eluard wrote an ode to liberty citing places, real and imaginary, on which he writes the word “liberté.” Metaphorically speaking, he alluded to the notion that freedom is virtually everywhere, individually characterized by those living in and those de-prived of liberty.

Europe as a political body offered systematic freedom, grant-ing a constitutional right to liberty for all its members inde-pendently of race, religion, or gender.

In times of struggle though, we humans and citizens are re-quired to fight for our right to freedom, as it so often is under threat. We ought to defend liberty, even make sacrifices for it, but always do so with a genuine concern for humanity.

As European voters, we have the strength to change the demo-cratic status quo on behalf of liberty. Though one always needs to be careful that squashing democracy on behalf of liberty brings about a considerable danger.

Nemanja Jehlicka

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Removable Decal—The European Union has becomemore distant and isolated than ever. The Charter of Fundamental Rights needs to be revisited. Nemanja Jehlicka, RS / US

Auréllen Jeanney

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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly—A collection of stamps like a journey through the Europe of those who compose it. We always want to have the good role. But who is really the ugly one? Aurélien Jeanney, FR

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Art Loop—Visual story of spending three months in the art residency in Belgium. Living close to nature, surrounded by art, magical personalities, open minds, creativity, and the feeling freedom. Yeka Haski, JP / RU

Peace

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peace

In 1849, inspired by humanistic ideals, the French author Victor Hugo explained his vision of the “États-Unis d’Europe”—whereby people renounce their rivalries forever, to unite for a “civilization through [unifying] peace.” Though his dreams were shattered by the terrible wars that ravaged the European continent, hope emerged from the rubble.

To put an end to hatred and rivalry between European states, courageous leaders including Robert Schuman, Winston Churchill, and Konrad Adenauer formulated unifying condi-tions for peace—founded upon a common vision of freedom and equality between all. In a practical but also largely sym-bolic way, the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community transformed the raw materials of war into instru-ments of reconciliation and peace, and led to the embryo of the European Union.

Today, in a second Cold War of increasing pressure between continents and superpowers, we as Europeans face a dilemma asking each and every one of us to choose a compass direction to align with—or, to find our own.

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DK / RO

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Jari Johannes

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Piotr Rypson

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A Textile Made from Nic & Nada

Recently, during a panel on 100 years of Polish-Spanish diplomatic relations, I had the privilege to listen to three stately gentlemen, all in their 80s. They were diplomats and historians—and the subject matter discussed was the history of ties between the two countries located on the extremities of Europe. These extreme geographical positions were one of the reasons that made the discussion really interesting.

All three speakers maintained that nothing relevant happened during these 100 years in mutual diplomatic relations. In fact, nothing of importance happed at all through-out past 1,000 years! Poland and Spain were simply too far away to have conflicts or alliances. In the past the only threads that connected Spain and Poland were weaved by few individual contacts, while between 1945-1970 these amounted almost to zero. And yet the conclusions these men drew from discussing these feeble relations turned out to be a valuable metaphor for Europe as such!

All agreed that one can’t properly understand European history omitting political and cultural influence of both countries, once great empires, whose might diminished rapidly in modern times. Not being provincial yet located on continental extremities, both shared the pressures as well as political, cultural, and military consequences of these very locations. This resulted in their particular historical responsibilities towards the European continent. At the same time both produce problems—to which the only answer is: Europe.

Since design is a problem solving occupation, I thought that this account might be appropriate for this issue of Slanted. I am not fit to expand on issues of European com-petitiveness in a globalized economy, nor on joint diplomatic potentials, nor on dangers of possible inter-European conflicts.

For me, the most important facts are created daily by hundreds of thousands Poles in Spain and Spaniards in Poland. Most of them are there for jobs, study or tourism, most have a vague idea about respective histories, cultural geographies and such. Some create common businesses or art projects, some get married. And each and all with their partic-ular agendas are knitting today an European fabric.

This fabric is a wholly new material. Weaving a multilayered material today—one that does not just serve to patch the voids of the past—offers innumerable perspectives and possible applications. We are only learning now how to use it.

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Fingers Crossed—Some cross their fingers to feel better about a lie, others do it for good fortune. It feels like the EU is facing some uncertain times, and that all we have right now is hope—hope for the future and for setting bet-ter trends. With a little bit of luck, we will continue to maintain Pax Europaea, together. Claudiu Ștefan, DK / RO

←Along For The Ride—For the dumb and the distracted. It’s gonna be a good day today. Jari Johannes, FI

POLAAR

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Linda Kosichkina

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Spread Love, Not Fear!—A proposal for using this ear-worm with a universal message as a manifesto to spark a melting process between the reigning opposing views that are pushing either side to the extreme. Special thanks go to the writers and publisher of the song for the permission to print the lyrics. POLAAR, EE

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Future Thinking—In the Middle Ages, chiromancy was considered a science and as such was even taught at leading universities of Europe. The world and tech-nologies have changed but the need to predict future is still here. Reading the hand you can only guess now which of the future forecasts will come true and which are not destined to become reality. Linda Kosichkina / ONY Agency, RU

Equality

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equality

The French Revolution brought the first stepping stone to-ward equality to the European continent. The rise of the peo-ple resulted in the suppression of the feudal system and was a victory for equality between all individuals, regardless of their social status.

Deeply rooted in the philosophy of the European Union and our values as its citizens, equality today has lost the meaning it once had. The reality is very different to formerly envisioned ideals as today’s system is based on de facto inegalitarianism. At the expense of the majority, corporate greed, and individual enrichment are both the signs and symptoms of systemic and systematic failure.

Though no regime desires less equality between its citizens, globalization, and the market-driven economic system that govern our world ignores and neglects historic notions of equality and opportunity for all.

In times of global crisis, it is vital to remind ourselves that for democracy to prevail it is imperative to fight for equality on a global level. Equality is at the heart of a healthy society, we thus must make sure it prevails for the greater good of human progress.

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Katinka VanderSande

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€uropa—Markets overcome borders faster than people. Free trade was the driving force behind the EU’s grow-ing together. It has brought us peace and prosperity. But every day we see how suffering and misery go along with the uninhibited hunt for profits, the total exploita-tion of man and nature. Markets are for the people! So let us make sure that we all profit from them again! In the EU and beyond. Jonas Herfurth / KoeperHerfurth, DE

↑ Meeting On The Street—A common place, like a sidewalk, can form a first meeting place for people of different backgrounds. Simply greeting each other can already open a dialog. Katinka VanderSande, BE

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May Day—A lot of European countries, including Finland, unites during May Day to celebrate. Paula Garcia, FI

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Sharing Is Caring—This work means to be a reminder that Europe has always been based on cultural ex-change. Our daily life, habits, our origins are already the result of it. We should reject all the fears, stop build-ing walls, and remind that with unity and empathy we can build a better word for everyone. Magda Azab, MT

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Tolerance

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tolerance

Europe has a dark history with tolerance that only now, with the European Union, has gained societal significance and value. The era of the Inquisition, Colonialism, and National Socialism all suppressed particular groups of people and pre-dated notions of tolerance.

Goethe exclaimed that “true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples” and argues that doing so is not easy.

Today tolerance has gained unwavering importance, far be-yond intellectual debate, as the migrant crisis has become a focal topic of much of Europe’s parliaments. As a result, the discussion of tolerance has polarized societies, giving rise to reactionary, populist and right-wing parties within Europe’s borders.

Tolerance as a value seems to have taken a proverbial hit, as the response to the migrant crisis from Northern Africa remains unsolved. Do we help people in need? Do we tolerate social and cultural inclusion? Do we accept who and how others are?

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Christophe Clarijs

Lukas Vanco

Marta Mészárosová

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Europe, Can You Hear Me?

How are you, Europe? Do you feel more male? Or female? How is life as a continent that is named after the victim of a kidnapping, or maybe even a rape? Does your anger oc-casionally flare up? Would you care to describe your relationship to violence? Apropos caring: How much do you care about the dead who wash up on your shores? Who will actually bury them? And where? How many people have already died for you? Where are they all? Are they now part of your soil? Your sorrow? Your legacy? Where have the kings, leaders, and rulers gone? Who rules you, Europe? Or better yet: has anyone ever ruled you? Is it even possible to rule you? Who holds the reins? Who do you belong to? Yourself? The image of yourself? All of us? Even to the person who is reading this now? What, dear Europe, do you love about yourself? Your diversity? The tongues, traditions, towns? Mead-ows, forests, fjords, peaks, and peninsulas? The abundance, the old and ancient, intimate and trusted, sometimes twisted? How does your north smell? What does the east taste like? Describe the west. How far can you see? Now the south. What’s there? Stones? Sea? Sand? Beyond that? And now? Do you feel afraid again? Or do you feel guilt that is older than the desert? If you were a family, Europe, which type would you be? Patchwork or dynasty? Take a moment and show your family tree: where are your roots? How far will your branches reach? Who owns the sky above you? Are you still afraid that it will fall on your head? Are you still afraid that we will become too many? Which color is your “we?” What animal is dying inside of you right now? Which emotion? What is your real age? Does the thought exhaust you? Do you still feel desire? What lights your soul? Think of something beautiful, Europe: what comes to mind? Fields, forests, mountains, meadows, fjords, and beaches? Do you hear music? Do you see foods? Fashions? Faces? Where do we begin?

← 141DeepFreeMind—Late at night Mauri’s huge tired fingers, who are still inside his HUBO latex working gloves, stumble over DeepFreeMind,this newly released app, while he was sensing the smell of his feet.

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Provenance—Provenance means the place of origin or earliest known history of something. For Homer, Europa (Greek: Euρώπη) was a mythological queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. As depicted in Claude Lorrain’s painting, she was abducted from her homeland by Zeus, who had transformed himself into a docile bull. Later Europa stood for mainland Greece and by 500 BC its meaning was extended to lands to the north. Linguis-tically, the term Europe is generally derived from Greek words meaning broad (eurys) and face (ops).

Christophe Clarijs, BE

↱ Polarization—Performing anti-social politics results in inadequate polarization and decomposing the core principles of humanity in Europe. Lukas Vanco, SK

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E. Macron—The symbol of a united Europe. Marta Mészárosová, SK

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Unita Nella Diversità—Is it bad? I ignored that Europe actually has a motto before doing some research for Slanted … it’s actually a really good one! Leslie David, FR

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Translation from German by Patricia Goren.

Hans Christian Øren

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Fear—Populism presents themself as the good and contrast them to other groups based on class, ethnic, or national lines. They approach it as other groups are evil and corrupt with often false facts. Martin Luther King’s quote represent perfect what is wrong with this approach and I compare them with how a animal behave and their simple minds. Hans Christian Øren / Oh Yeah Studio, NO

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Tolerance—Kustaa Saksi, FI / NL

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Raub Der Europa—Europa was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a Phoenician princess of Argive origin. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a bull was a Cretan story; most of the love stories concerning Zeus originated from more ancient tales describing his marriages with goddesses. The underlying violence in the poetic description of Ovid mirrors the current state of Europe, an ongoing story of love, struggles, and power dynamics, a feeling of hope and fear, in equal measure.

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Solidarity

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In today’s society, individualism is the dominant driver of both failure and success. Inherently, the notion also rejects solidar-ity in its purest sense as it puts the individual human at the center of gravity.

Literal solidarity in political and social discourse is potentially untenable, and if it is used correctly according to political theory, it is only practiced loosely at best. As moral beings, we ought to be compassionate with each and every human being on this planet regardless of their ethnicity or opinion. Being solitaire with the fellow homo sapiens we share habitat with is almost the “natural” thing to do.

Despite the moral constraints imposed by solidarity, states are still involved in dehumanizing conflicts, struggles for power, and senseless debates fueled by greed and individual gain that are everything but compassionate towards others.

As Europeans, we are fortunate enough to have the means to be in solidarity and show compassion toward others that might not be as fortunate. Regarding solidarity as a moral value, it is a question that each and every one of us, regardless of origin, social rank and economic position, should ask ourselves.

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Eurologo À Gogo—Can we find an European identity in the numerous logos that carries the name “Euro” within it? If you search for companies that propagate Europe in their identity, an almost generic language is created.

Vanessa van Dam & Adriaan Mellegers, NL

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The Others / Most Wanted—What is it that the world appears to be crying out for? In some ways I feel it is identity they are searching for. But what is in fact a person’s identity, what does that really mean? Can it really be as simplistic as nationalism/politics/ethnicity/religion/location/interests/{insert arbitrary grouping ad nauseam here}? I was born in Scotland to Polish par-ents, I spoke Polish at home, and English everywhere else. I lived a sort of no-man’s-land existence, as growing up I was never fully Scottish / British, having no ancestral or genetic connection there or indeed Polish as I had

never lived there. I have always seen myself as European and want the UK to remain part of the EU. I believe we are far stronger and, well, just better together. For this series of paintings I have taken inspiration from the DADA movement. My paintings are created on original old posters from “failed” movies or “fake” reprints of successful ones. I have been working on this project for over a year and have created over 40 works as part of it, each bringing a unique and current dimension to what is going on in the real world.

Joanna Black, UK

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JIM AVIGNON

BERLIN (DE)

jimavignon.com

Jim Avignon is painter, illus-trator, and conceptual artist and one of the rather unusual figures in the contemporary German art scene. His paint-ings are a mash up of cartoon-ish figuration, expressionist composition, and dominantly featured titles—always in line with the mantra “a maximum of expression with a minimum of lines.” His art remains afford-able and is meant for everyone.

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#2605

BERLIN (DE)

26-05.eu

The initiative #2605 was formed as a cooperation of the merchandise label Brufuture Berlin, the society Stadtraumkultur Berlin, the Representation of the Euro-pean Commission in Berlin and the photographer and activist Thomas Mandl for the European elections in 2019. The initiative had a big impact on the election parti-cipation and reached a million audience in Germany.

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ABC&D

MUNICH (DE)

abc-and-d.com

Abc&D is a design studio that focuses on branding and corporate design, art direction for print, digital and spatial communication. They think of design as an element of a so-cial development. They create clear, stable statements for their clients through intelligent design. They firmly believe in design as essential part of communication to provide orientation and highlight values.

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Jano Viñuela Agra

A Coruña (ES)

janoilustra.com

Jano Viñuela Agra was born in A Coruña in 1979. He gradu-ated in Fine Arts and joined a scholarship Erasmus in Bergen (Norway), also studied Illus-tration in Barcelona at Massana School. He works as a graphic designer, cartoonist, and illus-trator in different companies and fields. He won some awards like Injuve (2002), the Certame Ourense (2003), and the Golden Globes (2011).

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Ale Apai Studio

MILAN (IT)

alessandroapai.com

Ale Apai is difficult to label within the stereotype of artist or designer. His work plays in the area that could be defined as contemporary visual communication. He creates original contents using different media and tech-niques, breaking the line between commercial works and art. Ranging from the appropriation of fashion advertisement and existing objects through INTERVENTI.

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Hugo d’Alte

Helsinki (FI)

hugoalte.com

Hugo d’Alte is a creative director, illustrator, and graphic designer from Portugal, cur-rently based in Helsinki. He’s planning to travel the world with his camera in an attempt to document disappearing sites and human identities threat-ened by the homogenization of culture.

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Vassilis Amanatidis

THESSALONIKI (GR)

Vassilis Amanatidis, born 1970, is a poet, writer, translator, performer, and art curator. He has published two volumes of short stories and eight collec-tions of poetry, most recently in 2017, You: The Elements,for which he was awarded for the Poetry Prize of the Athens Academy,µ_otherpoem: monologue,2014, and 7: Poetry for Video games,2011. His texts have been translated into 14 languages.

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Khajag Apelian

BEIRUT (LB)

debakir.com

Khajag Apelian is a lettering artist, type and graphic de-signer. He has an affinity for different languages and writing systems, including Arabic, Armenian, and Latin. He cur-rently operates under the name debakir, Armenian for “printed type,” and works between Yerevan, Beirut, Amsterdam, and Montreal. He also teaches Graphic Design courses at the American University of Beirut.

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Nando von Arb

ZURICH (CH)

nandovonarb.ch

Born in 1992 in Zurich. Appren-ticeship as graphic designer. Completed his Bachelor of Arts in Illustration Fiction at Lucerne University of Arts in 2018. Published his first graphic novel Drei Väterin 2019. Works as a freelancing illustrator, comic author, and graphic designer in Zurich.

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Halldór Armand

BERLIN (DE)

facebook.com/halldorarmand

Halldór Armand is the author of three novels, including Again & Again(2017), published by Forlagið publishing house in Reykjavík. His writings have appeared in various magazines and newspapers.

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Dünya Atay

the hague (nl)

dunyaatay.com

Dünya Atay is a visual artist and designer who works with different mediums across various branches of art—from illustration to graphic design, street art to sculpture. Playing, questioning, destroying, and most of the times rejecting what is given as real and cre-ating her own reality is what she does. She works mainly with ink, gouache, and assorted print media.

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ATTAK Powergestaltung

’s-Hertogenbosch (nl)

attak.co

ATTAK is a creative studio. We think trends are boring. Search—to create and destroy!Photo: © Nikita Velasquez.

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Ben&Julia

Berlin (DE)

benandjulia.com

Ben&Julia is a Berlin-based creative studio founded in Paris in 2007. The duo Julia Gaudard and Benoit Créac’h relocated to Berlin in 2010 where they work as multi-disciplinary artists, video and art directors. They create exceptional mixed media work through 2D and 3D animation, puppetry and live action. To date their work has been enthusiastically commissioned and activated on a wide spectrum of platforms.

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Roman Beck

Triesenberg (LI)

romanbeck.net

Roman Beck, born 1982 in Liechtenstein, studied Graph-ics and Advertising at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Since 2013 he is back in Liechtenstein, working as graphic designer and illustrator in Vaduz.

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Vasjen Katro aka Baugasm

Tirane (AL)

katro.me

Vasjen Katro aka Baugasm is a visual designer from Albania. He has been designing since he was 14 years old. His most recent project called Baugasmgained wide popularity. He chal-lenged himself to design a poster every day for 1 year. That project helped Vasjen get recognition worldwide and have the possibility to work with alot of brands. Such as Adobe, Apple, Samsung, and Coca-Cola.

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Thierry Brunfaut / BASE DESIGN

Brussels (BE)

basedesign.com

Thierry co-founded Base Design in 1996 with his friends J. Cavenaile, D. Jeurissen, M. Panero, and G. Cook. Today Thierry leads the Brussels team and oversees all the important strategic and conceptual decisions with the New York, Geneva, and Melbourne studios. He is the author of the 5-minute poster series—50 typographic works each showcasing a short piece of design wisdom.

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Anna Bárdy

Budapest (HU)

annabardy.com

Anna Bárdy gained her Master’s degree in Graphic Design in 2013 at Moholy-Nagy Uni-versity of Art and Design, Budapest. Since then she works independently mainly with partners from the scenes of culture and commerce. Her conceptual approach stands out in straightforward visual answers. She looks on her field as a playground, which gives her space to technical experi-mentation.

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Tom J. Barbereau

BERLIN (DE)

medium.com/@tbarbereau

Tom grew up in a bilingual set-ting attending the European School of Karlsruhe. There-after he went on to graduate in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from the University College Groningen. With a broad interest from design to disruptive technologies, Tom seeks to make a continuous impact on society by thinking critically.

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Peter Bankov

prague (cz)

bankovposters.com

Peter Bankov spent the last 9 years living between Moscow and Prague. He studied Stat-uary in Minsk, where he was born and Book Design in Moscow. He has settled down in Prague in 2010 after he organized a studio called Design Depot and edited the KAK design magazine in the hero city of Moscow in 1997. Now, constantly rosy-cheeked, and cheerful, he is designing a poster everyday. 900 and counting.

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Dora Balla

BUDAPEST (HU)

balladora.hu

Dora Balla is a Hungarian designer, professor, and researcher. Her primary field of research is the history of graphic design and its Hungarian aspects. She is the author, editor, and designer of many books that deals with the development of the modern teaching methodologies and she created several self-published art books based on complex graphic and typographic projects. Member of AGI since 2018.

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Baklazanas

Vilnius (LT)

baklazanas.com

Baklazanas is a graphic design studio from Vilnius focusing on visual branding and commu-nication design for cultural institutions. Their motto is: you cannot not communicate. Whether we work on a visual identity, poster, or illustration their designs seek to transform ideas into pure communication. They strive for simplicity, geo-metry, direct typography, and functionalism in all of their solutions.

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Michal Bačák

prague (cz)

michalbacak.com

Michal Bačák is a Czech illus-trator based in Prague. He is a passionate observer, story-teller, and gardener—both he is using in his work to turn the world into a poetical and some-times gleeful image of magic realism. He was awarded by Elle Decoration Design Award and Czech Grand Design Award as Illustrator of the year. He likes nature, sci-fi, Biedermeier, and beer.

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Magda Azab

Paola (MT)

magdaazab.it

Magda Azab is an Italian illustrator freelance. She was born in a small town near Milano in Italy, then she studied in Switzerland and now she's living in the tiny island of Malta. In her work, she likes to play with graphic elements, geo-metrical shapes, and tex-tures. She often uses visual metaphors because she thinks it’s a really effective way to hit the target and let people imme-diately understand a concept.

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Between Bridges

BERLIN (DE)

betweenbridges.net

Between Bridges is a foun-dation (est. 2017) for the advancement of democracy, international understanding, the arts, and LGBT rights by Wolfgang Tillmans. From 2006–2011 Between Bridges was a non-profit exhibition space in London, since 2014, it is located in Berlin.

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Acknowledgement

We would like to express an explicit thank you to all participants of the issue. It was a great challenge for us to show as many works as possible from as many European countries as possible. It was only through your participation that this issue became an erotic one. We have discovered many new talents. And met many friends again. Your work is so inspiring to us and hopefully many others.for the fight for a united Europe. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

The black cap (p. 127) with the colored stars, part of the German initiative #2605 in the context of the European elections on May 26th, 2019, served as inspiration for the cover of this issue. Thanks to Thomas Mandl, who shared his thoughts about Europe with us.

A very special thanks goes to Eva Lotta Landskron: You tore your ligaments, then a hellish fever haunted you, but you rocked this issue! Without your incredible efforts to get in touch with all those amazing people out there, this issue would not have been possible.

Thanks to Tom Barbereau for the great introductions to the chapters. I am so proud of you, my beloved son. Your generation gives us hope! (Lars)

A special thank you goes to you, Ian Lynam. You weren’t directly involved in this issue, but we talked a lot about Europe while we produced the next issue together in Los Angeles. It’s so good to know you’re out there! Your influence on Slanted Publishers is very important.

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