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June 16, 2011
Ben Roberts project The Gathering Clouds explores the recent boom and bust in Spain that has affinities with what happened in Ireland and Greece.
Ben Roberts, Partially constructed villa, Murcia, September 2009, from The Gathering Clouds
Spain as a country is now in the grip of a deep recession after the global financial crisis, and it has seen the emergence of young indignados ("angry ones") protesting against Spain's political establishment. They have occupied Madrid's Puerta del Sol square, in the 'tent city' as part of the growing discontent over the Socialist party's austerity measures.
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