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Cité Europe
BY
Marte Aas

The Cité Europe shopping center is located next to the French terminal of the Channel Tunnel between France and the UK, outside the city of Calais. In the film Cité Europe we are guided through the outskirts of the shopping mall; the desolate backsides and the hidden corners of the architecture. The security situation in the area connected to immigration have changed the landscape and created a new geography. Forests have been removed or fenced in and artificial lakes have been constructed in an attempt to keep the boundary zone that the tunnel represents under control. Thus, the shopping mall, tunnel terminal and the surrounding landscape produces social exclusion; fences, walls, barriers and security guards contribute to exclude some people and include others.

Aspect ratio 1.37:1 (Academy)
Prod. format 16mm
Duration 00:12:34
Language French
Year 2016
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About the artist

Marte Aas

Marte Aas (NO), 1966, is a photographer and film maker. Aas main area of interest is the intersection between contemporary image culture, history, technology and the politics of the landscape. Her work attempts to address underlying structures and gestures that form political and ideological narratives. She is educated at The School of Photography at The University of Gothenburg and the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. Her films and art works have been shown in film venues, festivals and exhibitions such as The film Society Lincoln Center and Anthology Film Archive, New York, EMAF and Seoul International Newmedia festival as well as Kunsthall Trondheim, The National Museum of Art, Oslo, Dazibao, Montreal and Photographic Center, Copenhagen.

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