Out of use - Unemployed, out of use, the rustzone of old Europe. Was it to a nation of Liverpools to which West Germany was reunified? A nation of rust and misery? There will be nothing left of it, the rustzone; already the investors are buying property. In Poland, in Slovakia, the regeneration is underway. Perhaps there is nothing that can be put beyond use. But what of the irradiated zone around Chernobyl (didn't I read of a 'danger tourism', where Chernobyl - even Chernobyl - becomes spectacle)?
A vision: Europe 2050. Rome has become an image of itself; Berlin is its own image; Madrid resembles itself. The history of Old Europe is finished; old Europe is over. Europe has stung itself to death. Europe has hollowed itself out with self-hatred. 'What happens here?' - 'Nothing happens. It finished long ago'. - 'What happens here?' - 'You're too late. Old Europe dreams of itself. In its boulevards and arcades, Europe dreams of what it was'. - 'What happens here?' - 'Nothing will happen; Europe dreams of itself, that's all. Europe is asleep and dreams of itself, that's all'. Through Museum Europe, the tourists come and go.