Wonderland
22 images Created 5 Oct 2012
These pictures could arise in any other place, which is managed by a
man, but I took them in Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg, in the
buildings of the EU institutions.
Often incomprehensible to ordinary people law-making process which
takes place in the EU institutions shows the mythical 'Capital of Europe ' as the
bureaucratic behemoth, which again and again spits kilograms of
printed paper. Shows it as place where officials earning a fortune
generate hundreds of hard to understand, often just stupid regulations. The stereotype of
Eurocrats luxury, kindled also in me the desire to learn EU corridors.
This is the story of 40 thousands of people, which left their home
countries to become part of bureaucratic structure. This is a story
about a man and his involvement in space. And finally it is the story
about the uniqueness of ordinary things and commonness of
extraordinary things. Wonderland is the world of Brussels officials,
locked in a quasi futuristic corridors of EU buildings. The buildings
jealously guard their secrets. Their labyrinths require a pretty good
skill to navigate, and who do not possess one can easily get lost in
them ...
man, but I took them in Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg, in the
buildings of the EU institutions.
Often incomprehensible to ordinary people law-making process which
takes place in the EU institutions shows the mythical 'Capital of Europe ' as the
bureaucratic behemoth, which again and again spits kilograms of
printed paper. Shows it as place where officials earning a fortune
generate hundreds of hard to understand, often just stupid regulations. The stereotype of
Eurocrats luxury, kindled also in me the desire to learn EU corridors.
This is the story of 40 thousands of people, which left their home
countries to become part of bureaucratic structure. This is a story
about a man and his involvement in space. And finally it is the story
about the uniqueness of ordinary things and commonness of
extraordinary things. Wonderland is the world of Brussels officials,
locked in a quasi futuristic corridors of EU buildings. The buildings
jealously guard their secrets. Their labyrinths require a pretty good
skill to navigate, and who do not possess one can easily get lost in
them ...