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POEMS WITHOUT BORDERS

Alina Bliumis 2018 – 2019
Stencil, dimensions variable

The Poems Without Borders series (2018-2019) arranges official national tourism slogans of forty-eight nations into sixteen poems. The work is text-based and placed directly on the wall. 

Tourism slogans market countries to an expanding industry fueled by low-cost, no-frills airlines. Abstract suggestive taglines allow foreigners to dream up their own ideas about the countries they want to visit. Tourism and migration are the most significant manifestations of globalization, while economic, political and environmental migrants are routinely blocked at the border, tourists are ceaselessly wooed on multiple media and advertising platforms. While countries sculpt their national identities to make themselves more appealing for visitors, they use ethnic and cultural definitions to reinforce laws limiting migration.

POEMS WITHOUT BORDERS:

Beautiful Burundi — Remarkable Rwanda — Magical Kenya — Beauty has an address
(Burundi–Rwanda–Kenya–Oman)

All within your reach — Live it to believe it — All you need — Awaits you
(USA–Mexico–Ecuador–Bolivia)

A curious place — Has it all — Discovery — Surprises
(Belize — Dominican Republic — St. Vincent — Panama)

Ours. Yours. — The other — Live. Love. — You are invited
(Bahrain–Iraq–Lebanon–Iran)

A world of wonders — The land of wonders — Kingdom of wonder — Real is beautiful
(Zimbabwe–Kazakhstan–Cambodia–Lithuania)

Live your unexpected — Life is grand — Best enjoyed slowly — The beach is just the beginning
(Luxembourg — The Bahamas — Latvia — Antigua and Barbuda)

Timeless charm — In your heart — Wild Beauty — All-Time Classic
(Vietnam–Cyprus–Montenegro–Greece)

Happiest place on Earth! — Where dreams come to life — Beats in your rhythm — It’s a pleasure
(Denmark–Qatar–Argentina–Mauritius)

Magical realism — For the best moments of your life — Move your imagination — Inspiring new ways (Colombia–Georgia–Poland — South Africa)

10. Endless discovery — It begins with people — Like Never Before — Tourism for everybody
(Japan–Thailand–China–Algeria)

For All — Easy going — Get All Right — Experience It!
(San Marino — Monaco–Jamaica–Haiti)

Follow your heart — Go your own way! — It’s all about U — Powered by nature
(St. Kitts and Nevis — Albania–Ukraine–Norway)

Wonder of Asia — The heart of Asia — Truly Asia — Imagine your Korea
(Sri Lanka — Taiwan–Malaysia — South Korea)

The warm heart of Africa — The smiling cost of Africa — All of Africa in one country — It is more fun in the Philippines
(Malawi–Gambia–Cameroon–Philippines)

My — Timeless — “Terra Incognito” in the center of Europe — Where it all begins
(Serbia–Macedonia–Belarus–Egypt)

Land of origins — Land of creation — Yes, it is — Rendezvous
(Ethiopia–Israel–Jordan–France)