JUNGLE FEVER(wish you were here)
London, Beirut, Singapore, Munich, Limoges, Valencia…
“ Leisure will have an important role in society... The role of the artist is to promote the creative use of leisure and creativity as a way of life, but also as a weapon against alienation”. Robert Filliou, Teaching and learning as performing art, 1970.
JUNGLE FEVER (wish you were here) borrows various tools and strategies from the tourist industry to explore the everyday and personal borders as if they were exotic sites.
JUNGLE FEVER (wish you were here) proposes to follow Robert Filliou insightful words, in an attempt to reclaim leisure from those who have transformed the world into a series of generic attractions. Adventures, friendships and memories are gathered along the way, as well as a few snapshopts and postcards. These are shared and disseminated via exhibitions, social events and social media
The project is inspired by travel advertising collected from English newspapers; the headlines speak of authenticity, escapism and out of this world experience against the same visual combinations of sea, sun and (promises of) sex; regardless of the destination’s cultural, social or political make-up.
Tour operator – MOItravel Inc. Team - Bim Hjortronsteen, Emilie Matthews
Project funded by UCA research fund.
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JUNGLE FEVER (wish you were here) in London
