TOURISM THOUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
38x55cm acrylic on wood. Tjørnuvík 2019
Originally this image showed a beautiful view of raw nature. A place that could be visited in silence and respect while one underwent some form of task or job. Then, one day, someone from abroad came to explore this land and defined this view as an icon.
Then this person went back home and told everyone about it. One person told the other, and one thing let to the next and in a short space of time this same place turned into a tourism hotspot.
People from all over the globe came here just to take a picture, the same one. Everyone was taking the same one.
Little by little, each photo that was taken, and each quick visit that this place received, the place grew this structure of windows, lenses and filters.
Each looking glass, whether it was a window or a lens, was a safe place to see this iconic view, but nobody could feel or smell it anymore.
I felt a certain sadness but then I saw the positive side.
The real place was possibly protected by this shield, only those who could stay longer might have the time to go beyond it, to access the real mundane life on it.
and a few images of the process it went though...
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