Paul Goodwin (1 of 3): The Meaning and Content of the Spaces we Encounter

Paul Goodwin discusses his collaboration with Monica de Miranda on Military Road, a video work tracing the path of a road surrounding Lisbon. The remains of this 45km long road have now been occupied by makeshift homes built by recent immigrants. Thus, the area is considered the city's ghetto. Historically the army used the road to protect against English and French invaders - today it still acts as a fortress against 'invading foreigners', keeping immigrant populations on the margins.

Developed collaboratively with local communities, Military Road is a reminder of how cities function and continue to function in their engagement with immigrant populations. The work highlights the impact of globalisation in the creation of multi- directional migrations of people, cultures and ideas. Impacting on geographic and cultural transformations in the spatial organisation of the world and the city, from a place of localities into a space of fluxus and multiple movements of people.

Military Road was part of the Underconstruction research project developed in Lisbon by Monica de Miranda and curator Paul Godwin in 2009.

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