Islands 2024 -4 x 34, 22cm, photographs, latex, sheet plastic, acrylic paint, wire, cardboard
It goes like this: break up a nation, subdivide the land, invite foreign venture capitalists in, and hand over powers of governance to them while reducing elected government oversight.
What are Freeports and SEZs (Special Economic Zones)?
Regular ports deal mostly in freight transshipment. Freight comes into a port area, is stored then processed, before being re-exported.
UK Freeports are privately owned tax havens whereas EU ports are publicly owned.
A Special Economic Zone is a designated region that can house a Freeport, airport, towns, entire cities, and rural areas under a ‘privately governed authority’.
So, think of an SEZ as a room within a room, a state within a state, or even a party within a party.
The UK post-Brexit is now like a Russian doll.
That’s what Special Economic Zones are.
