I got to present 'The Wall Paradox' at this year’s edition of 'Books of Love of Books' alongside some other great books by friends — thanks to Anne Franssen for the organising.
I also want to share 'Never Again', a poem by Michael Rosen which I included at the very end of the book, because it again becomes more relevant by the day.
We say, “Never again.”
But
when people with power are pointing
in one direction
when many minds are pointing
in that direction
when the guns and bombs are pointing
in that direction
too,
it can happen again.
It does happen again.
It can be furious and chaotic.
It can be calm and orderly.
It can start with laws.
It can start without them.
The people who do it
can believe
they are saving their country.
The people who do it
can believe
that they are just getting
their own back.
That’s why
it can happen again.
It does happen again.
It has happened again.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the European Union has erected more than 2000km of new barriers on its external and internal borders. The Wall Paradox is a research into the symbolism of walls in today’s Europe. Either highlighted as a symbol of freedom and unity or as a pretense of action and streght, the motives and narratives behind walls have to be questionned and require an overall rethink of the nation-state concept and our consideration of the other.
This project was developed during my masters at @la_cambre
Supervision:
Morgane Le Ferec
Nicolas Rome
Proof reading:
Ynze Baumfalk
Binding:
Roxane Daguet
Dina Ambre
Printed in Brussels.
ENSAV la Cambre
Made a flag, currently with @danglassmincer for his booktour.
Dan is a healthcare and human rights activist, author of "Queer Footprints - A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History" published by @plutopress .
Photos from the launch party held last Saturday at the @bishopsgateinstitute and at the iconic @gaysthewordbookshop .
More incredible speakers to come, check his up-coming events in the UK, Berlin, Brussels and Poland.
