BORDERLAND
Anja de Jong has been working on her project BORDERLAND since as far back as 1992. She travels the world to make visual documents of locations that are “no-man’s-land,” transitional places between nature and culture. These are generally inhospitable spots with extreme climatological conditions, where people can stay at the most temporarily as a tourist or scientist. Nevertheless, a constant struggle between man and nature is taking place on these edges of civilisation. De Jong is exhibiting series on Antarctica and on the tropical rain forests of Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. The first region is characterised by research stations and claims by various countries, The rain forests, although formally protected, are falling prey to rising eco-tourism.
