Tourists Like Us
Critical Tourism and Contemporary Art
ed. by Federica Martini & Vytautas Michelkevicius ; contr. by Paul Domela, Barnaby Drabble, Benoit Antille ...[et al.]

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Auteur(s)

Paul Domela, Barnaby Drabble, Benoit Antille, ...[et al.]

Editor(s)

Federica Martini, Vytautas Michelkevicius

Uitgever, jaar

Sierre ; Vilnius : ECAV-Ecole Cantonale d'Art du Valais : Vilnius Academy of Arts Press, 2013

Omvang

264 p., geïllustreerd, 25 cm.

ISBN

9786094471070

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In a time where heritage, sustai nability and ecology increasingly cross the path of tourism, artists working in remote contexts and tourists visiting those places often share the observation of similar cultural objects: iconic landscape sites, vernacular culture and authentic artefacts, invented traditions and nostalgia. One effect of this condition, as Miwon Kwon highlights in the essay “The Wrong Place”, is that the increasing mobility of the art system has led to romanticising the image of the cultural worker.

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Locatie in de bibliotheek

Kast 17 - 1: Marketing van de stad ; Toerisme