European Pa55port 2016
Photographic documentation of an action: Framed Archival Giclée Print
103 x 73 x 2.5 cm
Edition of 28
European Pa55port 2016
Letter from the European Commission in response to a request for
European Citizenship by the Artist
29.7 x 21 x 2.5 cm
European Pa55port 2016
Detail of letter from the European Commission in response to a request for European
Citizenship by the Artist.
29.7 x 21 x 2.5 cm
Installation view of European Pa55port at MOCA London, October 2018
National emblem being removed from a passport during EUROPEAN PA55PORT at MOCA London October 2018
Installation detail of BREXIT archive part of EUROPEAN PA55PORT at MOCA London October 2018
Documentation of EUROPEAN PA55PORT at re: publica September 2017
Part of a response from Nigel Farage to the Artist following an invitation to take part in the discussion at MOCA London October 2018
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In February 2016, in the run up to the UK’s referendum on membership of the EU, Blackmore wrote to the European Commission requesting a non-nation specific European Passport, in return for which he was willing to revoke both his Irish and British citizenships. The request was declined, in writing seven months later ‘because such a passport does not exist’. In response to this reply, Blackmore removed the national emblems from both his Irish and British passports the process of which was recorded photographically.
The work has evolved into a relational piece in collaboration with members of the public. Following a discussion exploring the meaning of national identity using European identity as a counterpoint. Dependent upon members of the public taking part by erasing the national emblem from their passports this work instigates, develops and maintains a conversation
Sharing Borders at Slade Research Centre, University College London, blok magazine, March 2019
Sharing Borders Symposium, 2019, Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL, London, UK.
MOCA London, 2018, Autumn Performance Series 2018, London: MOCA
Destruction in Art Symposium 2.0, 2018, Chisenhale Studios London, UK.
European Pa55port, 2017, Central Saint Martins / Paris College of Art, London / Paris X Creative Unions, pp 42
Rem Koolhaas/Wolfgang Tillmans EuroLab conference, 2018, Stedelijk Museum and De Balie, Amsterdam, NL.
re:publica - Wir berichten von der Digital-Konferenz re:publica und der digitalen Selbstverteidigung, 2018, 3sat, May 2018
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UPROOTEDNESS curated, 2017, by Stir Fry Papaya, 310NXRd, London
Source Photographic Review, Spring 2017, Issue 89, Belfast, pp. 20 - 27
Novelty: 2017, The future is dark, Issue 7