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CASINO
Elva Lai’s impulse for the work “Casino” was her reflection on the feeling at the moment of a border crossing. Like playing a gamble, moments of fear, insecurity and discomfort are created. But also, the feeling of inferiority in a structured environment to probably not do everything correctly, is something almost everyone knows who intends to cross a border. The work “Casino” is installed directly in the former entry area. The significance of the surrounding space and the border architecture is already changing from afar, for example when visiting the Marienborn/Helmstedt rest stop. For Elva Lai, “Casino” is also a metaphor for the partially arbitrary frontier policy of most states – the rules for crossing borders from country to country are different and closely linked to their own nationality. |