Über Alles

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“Über Alles” explores the banal and universal nature of modern nationalism infiltrated into our daily lives in the form of small symbols and speech habits that define the notion of “us”.

Using national anthems as a starting point, we explore history and stories, elements of iconography and sociology. We reflect upon the role that these songs play in creating the nation's mythology and the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion associated with this process.

Who are these “heroes of the sea” who will “once again today” raise “the splendour of Portugal”? Will it be “the illustrious forefathers” who enslaved entire nations be the ones to continue to represent the notion of being Portuguese? Who is after all part of this “noble people”?

— Carlos Azeredo Mesquita