“Recently, while I was in England, I saw a documentary on the BBC about the border between India and Pakistan at Wagah. When the border closes each evening around six o' clock, the soldiers on each side do these amazing high-stepping peacock march-offs (like a dance-off). The displays are almost identical on each side and thousands gather to watch them. Though they're patrolling along their separate borders, what comes across is how similar they are.” SidesWatchesSawsSixIndiaEnglandSoldierEveningClockBordersMarchDisplayDocumentariesPakistanIdenticalPeacockIndia And PakistanPatrolling Author:Matthea Harvey
“Whether you're talking about political borders or aesthetic divisions (and clearly, the political ones have much more tragic consequences), it seems like once they are created, we want to patrol them, enforce them.” WantSeemsPoliticalTalkingConsequenceBordersTragicDivisionAesthetic Author:Matthea Harvey
“I grew up spending time at my grandmother's farm in Germany and she lived a few kilometers away from the border between east and west Germany. It was so strange that roads which used to connect two towns now ended in the middle.” TwoUsedMiddleStrangeGrewGrew UpTownsWestSpendingEastBordersGermanyGrandmotherFarmsMy GrandmotherSpending TimeEast And WestWest Germany Author:Matthea Harvey
