This Must Be the Place
Although it is the same skies, same Earth, same trees, and the same water that exist here, governments somewhere decided that this would be the place where my land ends and yours begins.
“It isn’t about what it is. It’s about what people think it is. It’s all imaginary anyway. That’s why it’s important. People only fight over imaginary things.”
— Neil Gaiman, American Gods
Although it is the same skies, same Earth, same trees, and same water that traverses these spots, governments somewhere decided that this would be the place where my land ends and yours begins.
This is an ongoing project since 2018.
50° 52’ 14” N, 14° 49’ 26” E
Czech Republic / Germany / Poland
Acorn cap ink, rust, alder cone tea, river water.
Landscape between Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
A country flag.
The border between Poland and the Czech Republic.
Alder cones dug out from the snow.
Country markers in the snow.
Suggestions of borders in nature.
Common grass.
Tree bark in the woods along the river.
48° 0’ 24” N, 17° 9’ 39” E
Austria / Hungary / Slovakia
Buckthorn skin, concrete.
Farm lands, looking west.
Storming skies.
Rock dug from the earth.
Endless flat fields.
Rose hip berries at the end of the year.
Monuments at the tricorner intersection.
48° 46’ 18” N, 13° 50’ 22” E
Austria / Czech Republic / Germany
Colors of the border.
Trees and skies.
Sky above the borders.
Red earth sample.
Remnants of winter in the forest.
Waterways in the ground.
