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International Prize
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Pavel  Prokopchik (Netherlands)
A.D.M (Amasterdamse Droogdok Matschappij) 2007-2008.

Njerzit e periferive jane gjithmone pjese e historive te zakonsheme qe zgjidhen te dokumentohen. Ne kete rast artisti ka kapur disa personazhe, qe ne hapesiren e ngushte ku kane mbeshtjelle te gjithe jeten e tyre servirin situata te ndricuara qe mbartin emocione te rralla. Personazhet percjellin nje marredhenie te vecante me jeten dhe  dinamiken e saj, qe kapercen faktin e te qenit te margjinuar dhe ne periferi te vemendjes.

A.D.M. or ‘Amsterdamse droogdok matschappij’ is a squat community situated in the middle of Solterdijk industrial terrain. A.D.M. and other squat communities represent a flip side of Holland, a world that is about to disappear due to upcoming ‘kraakverbod’ law, which will make squatting illegal.
Squatting is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space, building or territory around the building that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use. In the Netherlands, if a building is not in use for twelve months and the owner has no pressing need to use it (such as a rental contract starting in the next month) - then it can be legally squatted. Squatting law is a result of progressive Dutch socialistic policy in the past. It is still possible to