Route 99: Brotherhood & Unity, A Field Guide To The Balkans

Friday, January 3, 2014

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At an antique shop in Skopje, Macedonia I picked up a road atlas from 1950. It sparked an idea for the spine of the project: I would create a new road atlas. I come from a country where we have an ideological road called Route 66. It formed a national identity for people. The Brotherhood and Unity Road also had those sorts of meanings for Yugoslavia. By mirroring the two roads Route 99 was born. The book focuses on the different cultures of the Balkans, the nomadic tradition, maps, art, journal entries, beer and the possibilities that arise when traveling.