Barricades are made out of tiles, barrels, blocks, and sacks of sand against which human beings seem to blur and become insignificant. They can also be seen as a symbolic represantation for conflict, division, separation. Pavel Wolberg is one of the twelve shortlisted artists for #PrixPictetSpace photography award for social and environmental sustainability, and his work connects to this year’s theme for the award of ‘Space’. 

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“Indeed, the only truly serious questions are ones that even a child can formulate. Only the most naive of questions are truly serious. They are the questions with no answers. A question with no answer is a barrier that cannot be breached. In other words, it is questions with no answers that set the limit of human possibilities, describe the boundaries of human existence.”

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There is a £12 registration fee, and registration ends on 24 July. For those who sign up, recorded sessions are available online for a fortnight after the convention ends. 

https://barricadescon.com/schedule-2026/

There is a £12 registration fee, and registration ends on 24 July. For those who sign up, recorded sessions are available online for a fortnight after the convention ends. 

On the news yesterday morning there was a report of a man who had barricaded himself inside a store. The anchors spoke in measured voices. The camera hovered at a safe distance. Police cars flashed their blue and red prayers against the glass. Somewhere behind the locked doors, behind shelves and counters and the ordinary things people buy without thinking, there was a man afraid enough to turn…

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(source) they have moved the barricade back at the humps (walkways through to the inner pits), to direct people to not stand so close to the humps, because that will limit stage visibility for them if they do.