This online exhibition is a selection from the When Walls Talk! exhibition at the House of European History in Brussels (30 April to 13 November 2022).
The House of European History is a museum about transnational phenomena which have shaped the continent. By interpreting history from a European perspective, it connects and compares shared experiences and their diverse interpretations. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it strives to be a forum for learning, reflection and debate, open to audiences from all generations and backgrounds. The House of European History is a project of the European Parliament. It is academically independent.
Curators
Perikles Christodoulou - lead curator, House of European History
Andrea Mork - content advisor, House of European History
Zorian Clayton, Raluca Neamu - co-curators, House of European History
Laura Coccia - research, House of European History
Editing and production
Beth Daley, Europeana Foundation
Blandine Smilansky, House of European History
Małgorzata Szynkielewska, Europeana Foundation
Images used in the collage When Walls Talk! by Raw Color
Artist: G.E. Vogel
Title: European Festival Passau 1953Artist: Atelier Populaire (14.5.1968)
Title: Borders = Oppression #2, Frontières = RépressionArtist: Reinhold Koehler (1919 - 1970)
Title: Plakat-Décollage 1957/3
Courtesy of the Reinhold Koehler Estate and Whitford Fine ArtArtist: Dmitry Moor (1883 - 1946)
Title: Did you sign up as volunteer?, Ты записался добровольцем?Artist: Veniamin Markovich Briskin (1906 - 1982)
Title: За общеевропейскую безопасность, For Paneuropean SecurityArtist: Carmen Moreno (b. 1964)
Title: Europa!(bottom poster) Artist: Mihály Biró (1886 - 1948)
Title: Woman Worker, Nőmunkás(upper poster) Artist: unknown
Title: Mei Wäit Europa Gesinn Wielen
Europa Grafica – DG X - Représentation de la Commission européenne au LuxembourgArtist: Mika Launis (1949)
Title: Laajentuva Euroopan Unioni