3 R O SA BARBA Outwardly from the Earth’s Centre The island and its community cast – and is cast by itself – as discursive other, as cultural other, as communal other; reinforcing and empowering the pronouns, again, as dividers, as gate-keepers, as border guards; isolation – and difference – becomes togetherness and communality; alone together says the islanders. Jan-Erik Lundström, from Printed Cinema # 9, Save the drifting (Gotska Sandön, 2008) Rosa Barba (b. 1972, Sicily, Italy) lives and works in Berlin. Barba studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Recent solo shows include Turner Contemporary, Margate,UK; Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK; MUSAC, Castilla y Leon, Spain; Jeu de Paume, Paris, France; Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland. Barba’s work is represented in numerous international collections.
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