'Hit Me One More Time' is a multi-layered contribution to the current situation in Europe.
"Patrick GALBATS is a Luxembourger with Hungarian roots.
His grandfather, Imre Miklos Galbats, had to leave Hungary in 1944 and spent the rest of his life as a stateless refugee in Germany, Morocco and France.
Patrick GALBATS never met his grandfather, but it was the absence that prompted his childlike imagination and aroused his curiosity about the land of his ancestors. In recent years Patrick GALBATS undertook a series of long trips to Hungary.
What began as a search for the roots of the family developed into a profound exploration of the complex history of a constantly changing country, the gradual resurgence of nationalism since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Hungary's current role in the contested Europe of the present.
The first part of the photo book 'Hit Me One More Time' shows landscapes along the Serbian-Hungarian border, which symbolize the political refusal of Hungary to welcome refugees on its soil with the construction of a 175 km long fence: surveillance cameras, barbed wire fences, observation posts, Border inspection posts ...
The second part of 'Hit Me One More Time' thematizes issues of national identity and sovereignty, nostalgic memories of Greater Hungary in the 1919 borders, emblems and symbols of an aggressive political climate. He found his motives in his tours of towns and villages across the country: monuments, mythical creatures, banners and flags, religious symbols, tattoos, socialist architecture ...
In detailed texts, Patrick GALBATS, György Dalos and Joël Le Pavous deal with the eventful history of the country and the historical and contemporary insignia of current social developments from very different perspectives.
With powerful images and text that are both emotional and informative, 'Hit Me One More Time' is a great book on Hungary and legitimate concern for the future of Europe."
"Patrick GALBATS is a Luxembourger with Hungarian roots.
His grandfather, Imre Miklos Galbats, had to leave Hungary in 1944 and spent the rest of his life as a stateless refugee in Germany, Morocco and France.
Patrick GALBATS never met his grandfather, but it was the absence that prompted his childlike imagination and aroused his curiosity about the land of his ancestors. In recent years Patrick GALBATS undertook a series of long trips to Hungary.
What began as a search for the roots of the family developed into a profound exploration of the complex history of a constantly changing country, the gradual resurgence of nationalism since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Hungary's current role in the contested Europe of the present.
The first part of the photo book 'Hit Me One More Time' shows landscapes along the Serbian-Hungarian border, which symbolize the political refusal of Hungary to welcome refugees on its soil with the construction of a 175 km long fence: surveillance cameras, barbed wire fences, observation posts, Border inspection posts ...
The second part of 'Hit Me One More Time' thematizes issues of national identity and sovereignty, nostalgic memories of Greater Hungary in the 1919 borders, emblems and symbols of an aggressive political climate. He found his motives in his tours of towns and villages across the country: monuments, mythical creatures, banners and flags, religious symbols, tattoos, socialist architecture ...
In detailed texts, Patrick GALBATS, György Dalos and Joël Le Pavous deal with the eventful history of the country and the historical and contemporary insignia of current social developments from very different perspectives.
With powerful images and text that are both emotional and informative, 'Hit Me One More Time' is a great book on Hungary and legitimate concern for the future of Europe."
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Michèle Walerich, Armand Quetsch, Chacun sa Chimère,
- Book design
- Daniel WAGENER
- Format
- Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 23,5 x 1,5 cm., 156 pp., 70 color ills., text language: English