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Art in Slovenia: Eclipse is an 'open vagina nibbling at things'
The anonymous art collective admit they don't 'fit the norms': they use everything from pigs’ heads to world war weaponry to get across their message of social criticism. Ten years on, the female duo from Ljubljana have just finished the final works for their new exhibition '10 – Of Blasphemy We Are Guilty'. We discuss erotic nudes, kitsch art and their being questioned by police for offending the catholic church
photo, balkans, sex, photography, josip broz tito, culture calendar, slovenia
EU women: Polish, Danish, Irish and Portuguese residents of Paris’ La Garenne speak
Its residents often describe it as a village, but the Parisian suburb of La Garenne-Colombes is just two kilometres awar from La Defense, the financial hub in the northwest of the French capital. Five ‘Garennoise’ Europeans describe how they feel about being EU citizens
photo, paris, photography, citizens, european elections 2009, regions, society
Brussels: the old age of youth
The crisis is synonymous with young unemployent. The capital of Europe is currently baiting its breath for the European elections between 4 and 7 June 2009. Within, 33% are young jobshunters. Yet the Belgian capital remains an Eldorado for internships, its opportunities in multinationals and for being a fairground for new European politics. We feel for the precarities of the days, its languages and the nights. Three journalists, a video maker and a photographer from the cafebabel.com network feature in this month's 'cities' mission, named 'EUdebate on the Ground'
