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Alexander Vaindorf

1965, Odessa, UA Lives in Stockholm, SE

Detour. One Particular Sunday, 2006 – 2008 Three-channel video installation, duration: 60’

BOLZANO/BOZEN

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After Perestroika and the collapse of the Soviet industrial system, over half a million citizens of the former Soviet Union migrated to Italy in search of work. Around 300,000 Ukrainians, mostly women from industrial towns, now live in Rome and support their families back home by taking care of old people. Shut up in Italian homes and invisible during the week, they come out on Sundays and take over particular sites, such as the “Park of Resistance.”
Detour. One Particular Sunday examines the effects elsewhere of the recent developments in Eastern Europe – illegal migration, issues of double identity and the formation of informal communities and economies. This three-channel film concentrates on individuals who involuntarily become part of these processes. It grasps a time fragment in the current history of “unified Europe” where a considerable number of people are not only excluded, but also subjected to contemporary forms of servitude.
Alexander Vaindorf grew up in Moscow and studied in New York and Stockholm.


Location

BOLZANO/BOZEN

RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE: "THE REST OF NOW"

EX ALUMIX, VIA VOLTA 11, I-39100 BOLZANO/BOZEN, ITALY

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