Welcome to The Black Country
An endless landscape of housing developments, industrial estates and towns that have merged into cities, criss-crossed by motorways. In every direction are hills and valleys, mounds and troughs, slopes and chasms, the origin of which is sometimes impossible to ascertain. Were they made by humans, machines or nature? This was once the home of the leaders of the industrial revolution. Socialism, social democracy and climate change were all born here. Today, the Black Country has been pushed to the margins of world history. When everyone else moves away, migrants see opportunities for a new beginning. The Black Country has become a haven for those fleeing the big cities and countries at war.
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De Volkskrant“I brought over my family, my children. Everyone is here now. And why not? If the government says to me: this is your home now, then I’ll make it my home.”
Augustine
The Black Country @ Kunsthal 45The Black Country @ Kunsthal 45