In 032c #18, we discussed a collaboration between then Mayor of Tirana, Albania, EDI RAMA and artist ANRI SALA, a book titled Edi Rama 2000-2009. In it, Rama—a former painter and a celebrated art terrorist of sorts—unfolds a sort of timeline of his private history through a decade in public office, indexed by his daily sketches on… More
On June 28, 2009, as the Western press watched with bated breath, Albanians entered polling stations to elect their new government and the prime minister who would lead it for the next four years—would this, the first national election since Albania’s induction into NATO, finally be a peaceable one? On June 13, 2009, Edi Rama,… More