It's our history... 50 years of the European adventure

   Submitted by Triss Gray on Fri, 07/03/2008 - 21:36.    

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I recently went to an exposition called "It's our history... 50 years of the European adventure". It's, as the title says, an exposition about 50 years of evolution to a more centralized Europe, through all world wars, revolutions, regimes, Berlin walls, etc, but most of all through daily life. It was very interesting, especially because it's not one of these boring "things in glass cabinets" expositions, but very lively, with video, art, sound, interactivity (for example, you can create a video about the year you were born, or the year you went twenty, or ....). There's also some "rebuilds" of larger objects, like part of a sabena-boeing, a Berlin checkpoint, a conference table, .... The central axis of the exposition is the daily life of some 20 people, and how Europe "touches" their life, or has touched over the years.....

 Exposition is until May, in tour&taxis brussels (see website for more info, dutch, french, german and english) 

For those nearby, I can recommend a visit (some interest in the subject required :)), for those doubting, or those living too far away, I made some pictures (their own website also has some pics + vids ). The pictures are on my personal site, and can be found here. Most of the captions are in dutch, but let me know if you'd like some more info on them....I'd also be interested in some feedback about what you think of the exposition and/or the pictures.....


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