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A Tourist World

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This entertaining and often hilarious exhibition catalog from SchirnKunsthalle Frankfurt is a thought-provoking exploration of our globalsociety through the tourist experience. The curators see tourism assomething that perpetuates clichés about cultural and national identity;real landscapes blur into artificial geographies like ski resort-themedwater parks, indoor beaches with synthetic sun lamps, or aircraftcarriers equipped with roller coasters and volcanoes. More than 30artists create photography, multimedia installations, sculpture andprose travelogues that veer between the authentic and the absurd,attempting to answer the how should tourists interact withthe bogus world of tourism, and what should they learn?

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2008
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Título
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Subtítulo
A Tourist World
Editorial
Snoeck
Publicado en
2008
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
240
ISBN10
3936859817
ISBN13
9783936859812
Serie
Descripción
This entertaining and often hilarious exhibition catalog from SchirnKunsthalle Frankfurt is a thought-provoking exploration of our globalsociety through the tourist experience. The curators see tourism assomething that perpetuates clichés about cultural and national identity;real landscapes blur into artificial geographies like ski resort-themedwater parks, indoor beaches with synthetic sun lamps, or aircraftcarriers equipped with roller coasters and volcanoes. More than 30artists create photography, multimedia installations, sculpture andprose travelogues that veer between the authentic and the absurd,attempting to answer the how should tourists interact withthe bogus world of tourism, and what should they learn?