Blog
Offers a commented visual diary of our research field-trips – in a triangle between Vienna (A) Tallinn (EST) and Russe (BG)
Caravanserei
Staying over night at a truck-stop in an attached motel not far from the Polish/ Latvian border. Our car and trailer are parked at the fenced off area in the back of the little... read more
Michail/s
Spending a lot of time driving long distances, the interior of the van has to get more cosy! read more
Parade
A short video of the amazing amount of trucks at the „Truck Port“ Truck-Port-lowres read more
Port
We arrive late in the evening at the Truck Stop „Port Radomsko“ along the E75 –... read more
Trailer – Little Break Down
Since a screw wasn’t fixed properly, we had to lash down the body of the... read more
First Stopover
First stopover – at the printing house in Zlin, where Michael Z. had to proof the reprint of the „Holidays after the Fall“ Book on (Post-) Socialist seaside tourism – Crossborder business again… read more
Tow Coupling
Since the car is supposed to tow a trailer, a tow-coupling was mounted. To check out cross-border businesses, we made use of a slovakian company located at a strategic crossing of two major traffic-corridors in... read more
Picking up the Van
The Van: FORD TRANSIT got a new engine and some other things had to be fixed at the workshop in Grossraming/ Upperaustria. Thanks to Andreas Reisinger and his... read more
Mounting the Body
While we are preparing our trip, the basic structure of the trailer is completed in a Viennese workshop in... read more
Projectspace
One of the very ideal nodes in Vienna for running a project space would be the former North-West-Railway terminal.... read more
Van
Preparing for our first extensive research trip to Tallinn and Edirne = Looking for a cute van to be used as mobile office and unfoldable display: Ford Transit (name = program) for Stop and Go. Nodes of Transformation and Transition... read more
Moldova
Last stage to Chisinau – Crossing the border and driving on the parklane like road – seamed by thousands of nut trees – very idyllic. The run down villages far away. Potemkin says hello! [new_royalslider id="8"] read more
Black Sea
Bathtubes and Showers/ Artist in Residence Programm/ or a big Oil-Company? Surrounded by various big car dealer’s headquaters. Into the city of Iasi… read more
Rustic Inn
Getting ready for the next season. When busses use to stop over here. Souvenirs, ‚traditional‘ food and live music! [new_royalslider id="7"] read more
E85 from the Baltics
After our days off the beaten track – because of low season – turning into the E85 which connects the Baltics with the Aegean Sea. Alongside the road – some evidences by the increase of traffic… [new_royalslider id="6"] read more
Heading for the Carpathians
Passing a small tourist resort which used to exist during socialist time – now trying a relaunch. Whereas other invest in erecting new churches… [new_royalslider id="5"] read more
Inventing a Destination
Based on the work by a guy who started to carve comic-strips on wooden grave crosses a little tourism-industry started to develop. One of the ‚Must Sees‘ in this area – in the warm season frequented by international bustours. [new_royalslider id="4"]... read more