Walls, fences, barriers - will these be the symbols of our relationship with the world at the beginning of the 21st century? Since 2000 to today, over 70 walls can be counted extending over 40,000 kilometres. Melilla fences off entry to Spain, Hungary and Serbia block the Balkan route, Calais in France hinders the passage to Great Britain, Israel barricades itself against the Palestinian territories,…

Artists from twenty-four countries across four continents traverse the boundaries between different artistic disciplines. Figures of reference in the international artistic creation and, simultaneously, over half of the companies invited to the Ref for the first time will include a significant number of young and emerging talents. References between hyper-technology and the centrality of human frailty. Radical research into aesthetics and popular amateur practices. International…