<nettime-ann> BEING THERE - Another kind of Travelogue

[Anders Weberg // Recycled Image Studio <anders@recycled.se>]

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Being There is a web-based art project by the Swedish artists Anders 
Weberg and Robert Willim. It is an attempt to twist the authenticity 
hunt of tourism and the experience economy. We offer six audiovisual 
excursions that disclose the nervous system that is underlying tourist 
experiences.

BEING THERE

-Another kind of Travelogue
by Anders Weberg and Robert Willim

http://www.beingthere.se/

Tourism is growing in many parts of the world. Curious people, with bags 
and cameras, are in search of various exciting experiences. Places of 
interest are visited and documented. An important ingredient of the 
tourism industry is the concept of authenticity and the lure of the
unique. But the question is: What would be the most authentic 
experience? Attractive places are targets for more than travel agencies.

This art project twists the authenticity hunt. We offer a number of 
audiovisual excursions beneath the gloss of the tourism rhetoric. Six 
films, imagining six places. It is an attempt to disclose the nervous 
system that is underlying tourist experiences.

The places we have chosen are high density, they are tourist magnets and 
global hotspots. They are places associated with pleasure, but also with 
terror. With the shortfilms coupled to the different places we want to 
examine the tension between pleasure and fear.

The films are made solely from clips out of tourist movies and similar 
material. The clips have been twisted into a surreal atmosphere. And the 
sounds accompanying the visuals is based on manipulations of one or two 
sounds that are often used to give stereotypical associations to the 
various places, e.g. demo sounds from sample libraries. The audiovisual 
whole express an evocative imaginary geography.

Download the films, save them in your media player and take them with 
you when you visit the different places. And remember, don't leave 
luggage unattended.

Anders Weberg.
A seasoned film maker and mixed media artist. He has specialized in the 
expressions that digital technologies provide. The purpose of Anders' 
work is to mix genres and ways of expression to explore the potential of 
visual media.
More info about Anders: http://www.recycled.se/

Robert Willim
Cultural analysist, sound designer, PhD and researcher in ethnology at 
Lund University. He has done research about the cultural dimensions of 
digital media and the transformations of industrial society. For the 
past several years he has channeled his research to mixes of 
ethnography, music and new media art.
More info about Robert: http://www.robertwillim.com/


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Anders Weberg - Mixed Media Artist and Filmmaker
Recycled Image Studio
Laxgatan 1 - S-262 32 Ängelholm - Sweden
tel studio + 46 431 120 40 cel + 46 736 57 58 69
anders@recycled.se
http://www.recycled.se
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