{"product_id":"journey-to-the-center-cristina-de-middel","title":"Journey to the Center, Cristina de Middel (Signed)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eCristina de Middel develops images that encourage reflection in the viewer. Her photographic essay \u003cem\u003eJourney to the Center\u003c\/em\u003e, which investigates phenomena related to the migration route through Mexico, has an atmosphere and symbolism inspired by Jules Verne’s famous novel \u003cem\u003eJourney to the Center of the Earth.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eWith a language that combines straight documentary photography with constructed images and archival material, the narrative becomes multi-layered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe migratory route through Central America is portrayed as a heroic and daring journey. Mexico, the setting for this adventure, is presented as the fascinating and extreme country that it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eWith an exhibition at Rencontres d’Arles 2024 and the image of the official Arles 2024 poster:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eCristina de Middel has been travelling for years with migrants on the train they call “the beast”, interviewing sicarios (hired killers), talking for hours with “coyotes” (clandestine smugglers) and police officers. By combining her own photographs with objects found in the desert and archive footage, she creates a multi-layered narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"ui header centered\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe starting point is Tapachula, the Southern border of Mexico with Guatemala, and the journey ends in Felicity, a small town in California that is the officially “Center of the World”. This epic journey is punctuated by the accounts of three migrants recounting their terrible journey and commentary by the artist. An afterword by Mexican journalist, Pedro Anza, illuminates the issues at stake and the human consequences of the United States’ obsession with closing its borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ui list\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePublished by Editorial RM\u003cbr\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e200 x 300 mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9788410290006\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Editorial RM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50861069140299,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/Journeytothecenter_cover.jpg?v=1732030566","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/da\/products\/journey-to-the-center-cristina-de-middel","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}