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Building Identities? A Letter from RomeBy Alberto Alessi from Domus Magazine.
Europe today is experiencing unsolved and overlapping time lapses. They are inconspicuous and invisible, but meaningful. In the Europe of the European Union, the Italian anthem sings of an Austria drinking the blood of oppressed peoples, and the Dutch anthem of a revolution against Spain.
The Swiss constitution declares that its citizens are conscious of their responsibility towards the Creation and humanity, while that of the Vatican puts its powers in the hands of one person. The new embassies built in Berlin by the countries of Europe during the last ten years are tangible examples of these kaleidoscopic positions.
Why does a European nation choose to represent itself in such a stately way in another member state's capital belonging to the same parliament? Any office would suffice.
A few possible answers sprang to mind at the "Building Identities?" exhibition between February and March in Rome. While listening to the national anthems and reading the texts of the European constitutions, one could examine the projects of Berlin embassies. On the one hand, there is the Berlin factor.
To build in this city is to interpret a role in the world media theatre. This theatrical factor nicely matches the publicity that embassies to
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