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A paperback (staple-bound) Catalogue de l'exposition - Dans le carde de la Saison culturelle europeenne, Paris 2008, very good-, defect on cov as in image. The artist writes about his project:"As is often the case, seemingly trivial incidents lead to an unexpected outcome. Frequently, people are unable to predict their impact as they are caught unprepared. Yet an almost magical, poetic, or even eerie feeling may surround these incidents. This can form the starting point for rumours to erupt.In the recent past, a large number of palm trees were imported to the north of Cyprus, as part of an attempt to create a more exotic, eastern feeling to the local environment. Almost as soon as planting began along the northern coast, stories started to spread. Rumour had it that, amongst the roots of these trees, hid the eggs of cobras; what's more, these eggs had started to hatch. As snakes are not bound by political frontiers, the fear grew.The two ethnic communities of Cyprus, Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot,…
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