Carlos Spottorno & Guillermo Abril Die Verwerfung - The Fault Line

The practice of Spanish artists Spottorno and Abril incorporates journalism, literature and photographic art. They publish, among other things, in the Spanish magazine El Pais Semanal or in the Suddeutsche Zeitung, as well as in fiction publishing houses throughout Europe. Their work is also being exhibited in art photography institutions. In 2016 they published a sensational report on the external border of Europe as a graphic novel. This pictorial story combines subjective eyewitness accounts with researched facts and an unusual form of illustrative photography. The book has so far been translated into five languages and appeared in German under the title "Der Riss". As part of INN SITU, the duo created a reportage in words and pictures about the border between Austria and Italy, North Tyrol and South Tyrol. A border which, for the two southern Europeans, is an example of successful coexistence in the middle of the European Union, despite its origins as a result of the First World War and its conflict-ridden history.