Dedicated to Bulgarian curator and art critic Ruen Ruenov

The simple act of swimming across a river between Romania and Bulgaria symbolized the crossing of a linguistic, cultural and political boundary.

The Danube has stood as a border between many European states, The Roman Empire and the so-called Barbarians, Communism and Democracy. This border has been used in armed and cultural conflicts that Europe has participated in since its beginnings. Yet, beyond the rigidity of the border concept, the river itself is a symbol of impermanence, continually changing from one moment to the other and metaphorically symbolizing life itself. It moves forward, blaming no one for the wars, quarrels and righteous insults that the various tribes of Europe subject each other to.