Vicinity
Belgium /1705
Can you imagine a site, a lost space, that once used to be neutral? A place that used to be called many different names, in a complexity of languages, French, German, Dutch, Esperan-to, and English: Provisorium (Solution provisoi-re; temporary solution), Kuriosum (curiosite; curiosity), Unikum (cas unique; unique case), Kondominium (territoire regi par plusieurs d’E-tats; condominiums), Niemandsland (no man’s land), Possenstaat (Ëtat fantoche), or Treppen-witz der Geschichte (ironie de l’histoire; irony of history).
This place is Neutral Moresnet for 103 years. A place with a history reflecting on state disputes, human lives, and natural resources. Creating a four bordering crossing between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. A neutral point of many interest.
