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Softcover. Zustand: Like New. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. Softcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Historically, borders tend to be the location of international trouble spots. Prior to the global lockdown, there was a utopian vision of open borders, alongside the reality of a populist push towards border fortification. This dichotomy has now been eclipsed by a pandemic that doesn't respect borders. Politicisation of the pandemic, displacement of people, and contagion, as well as the drive towards an ever-increasing economic globalisation, have created further complex contradictions. The curatorial idea for the exhibition Worlds Without End (WWE) was first conceived a year ago as a research-based collaboration between Sara Reisman, Executive and Artistic Director of the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York and Michael Dempsey, Head of Exhibitions, Hugh Lane Gallery, who are the co-curators of WWE. The exhibition was due to open to the public on 30th April 2020. In what seems like a different world then, the concerns were informed by the recent US policy on border fortification and the uncertainty of how Europe, and especi.…