PAVEL BRAILA - SHOES FOR EUROPE
BLACK BOX - SCREENING
2000-2002, 40’, 16 mm transferred to video, colour, non-spoken
In Shoes for Europe, Pavel Braïla (b. 1971, Moldavia) gives a demonstration of the differences in cultural and economic identity in Eastern and Western Europe. At the tiny railway station of Ungheni, along the border between Moldavia and Romania, the track width of the Russian train from Moldavia needs to be converted to the standard width used in Romania and Western Europe. Working clandestinely - it is officially forbidden to film in Moldavia – the artist filmed the laborious transition of the train from East to West, along with the enormous amount of manpower needed to complete the adaptation. Each train is detained for three hours and lifted two meters into the air for the undercarriage to be replaced, while passengers are being checked by customs officers.
In Shoes for Europe, Pavel Braïla (b. 1971, Moldavia) gives a demonstration of the differences in cultural and economic identity in Eastern and Western Europe. At the tiny railway station of Ungheni, along the border between Moldavia and Romania, the track width of the Russian train from Moldavia needs to be converted to the standard width used in Romania and Western Europe. Working clandestinely - it is officially forbidden to film in Moldavia – the artist filmed the laborious transition of the train from East to West, along with the enormous amount of manpower needed to complete the adaptation. Each train is detained for three hours and lifted two meters into the air for the undercarriage to be replaced, while passengers are being checked by customs officers.
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Location:
argos
Entrance fee:
included in the general argos exhibition entrance fee - Artists
