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X_MAS SALE

BEYOND BORDERS art & upcycled fashion as a guest at shalima

There is upcycled fashion, patches and an edition with an edition of 195 (that's how many countries there are in the world); an ideal gift for cosmopolitans.

1 camera - 52 destinations - 5 continents.

In 2015, Cologne-based artist Ela Mergels launched her project "BEYOND BORDERS" in response to social polarization and growing nationalism.

Her analog camera travels around the world, always with a friend to a local. The latter's task is to photograph what is important to them in life. When the camera returns, the film is rewound and inserted a second time for the next trip. In this way, two strangers tell a new story together through double exposures.

The project is based on the "small world principle".

In response to the current social polarization and growing nationalism, Cologne-based artist Ela Mergels launched her project, "BEYOND BORDERS," in 2015.

Her analogue camera travels around the world, always with a friend to a local. This person has the task to take pictures of what is important to him/her in life. When the camera returns, the film is rewound and inserted a second time for the next trip. That's how two strangers tell a new story together by using double exposures.

The project is about the principle of "Six Degrees of Separation"