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O v e r the Border
Ü b e r die Grenze
A visual document of The Netherlands border,
post-Schengen, by Iain Aitchison.

On 21st December 2007, the nine EU ascension states of Eastern
Europe and Malta joined the Schengen Area, thereby removing the
last obstacles to passport-free travel within the EU and eliminating
border controls between all but three EU nations.

In May 2007, in advance of this historic occurrence, Scottish
researcher, designer and artist Iain Aitchison, embarked on a
journey along the border of the The Netherlands, itself a signatory
to the original Schengen Convention in 1990, documenting the
11 major crossings that span its 1027 kilometre length.

As an archaeology of the present ‘Over the Border’ is an
on-going attempt to document the fate of the EU’s internal
borders, post-Schengen. It is hoped that the project will serve
both as a visual archive of their present state and as a stimulus
for discussion into their future role in a post-territorial Europe.
ENDS


Editors’ notes
‘Over the border’ is an ongoing project documenting the fate of the EU’s internal
borders, post Schengen. Its author, Iain Aitchison is actively seeking to exhibit the
project at suitable venues throughout Europe.

1. Iain Aitchison is available for interview
2. High resolution images for publication are available on request
3. Biography:
   Iain Aitchison is an award-winning researcher, designer and artist based in London.

  With a multi-disciplinary background in design, his passion is people and places:
  the relationship between society, culture and the built environment.

  Iain has exhibited his work in group shows internationally and with
  ‘Over the border’, hopes to successfully stage his first solo exhibition.

  Iain is a Fellow of the RSA and has lectured at
  The Glasgow School of Art, UK.

4. Contact details:
   Iain Aitchison
   Flat 11 St. Peter’s Court
   99 Cephas Street
   London, E1 4AE
   United Kingdom
   +44 (0) 7726717710
   info@borderproject.eu
   www.borderproject.eu

5. Full curriculum vitae on following page
Iain Aitchison

  Born Paisley, UK 1981

  Education:
  –   BA(Hons) Design, Glasgow School of Art,
      Glasgow 1999-2003
  – MDes, Design Academy Eindhoven,
      The Netherlands 2003-2005

  Exhibitions:
  – ‘Masters in Design 2005’, de Witte Damme Zaal, Design Academy Eindhoven,
      The Netherlands, July 2005
  – ‘Masters Video Experience’, Marino alla Scala Café, Palazzo Trusardi Marino alla Scala,
      Milan, Italy, April 2005
  – ‘Welcome Darlings...’, Oude Kaas Winkel, Hermanus Boexstraat, Eindhoven,
      The Netherlands, June 2004
  – ‘New Designers’, Business Design Centre, Islington, London. July 2003
  – ‘Life Lines - a celebration of drawing from life in association with The International Drawing
      Research Institute’, The Atrium Gallery. The Glasgow School of Art, UK, April 2002

  Publications:
  – ‘Fewer Products, More Context’, by Louise Schouwenberg
      in Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation 2005
  – ‘Handwerk als integratiemiddel’, in Eindhovens Dagblad, 1st July 2005
  – ‘Emerging Talents’, in Interior Magazine, September 2004
  – ‘From students to stars...’, in Scotland on Sunday, 8th June 2003
  – ‘RSA Award Winner Iain Aitchison tells all’, in The List, 11th April 2002
  – ‘Learning Curves’, in Cog Magazine, Issue 9, July 2002
 Awards:
  – Awarded Fellowship of the RSA (FRSA), October 2006
  – Winner of the British Interior Textile Emerging Talent Award, Manchester, April 2004
  – Awarded The Chairman’s Medal for Design, The Glasgow School of Art, June 2003
  – Winner of RSA Student Design Award, April 2002
  – Winner of a competition to redesign the entrance hall of Gribloch House, a historic, listed country
     mansion designed in 1937 by the British modernist architect Sir Basil Spence, June 2002