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WHIMSICAL UTOPIA M A N K I N D I S A P O O R S T E W A R D O F T H E P L A N E T. T E C H N O LO G Y I S A T H R E AT TO P L A N E T E A R T H , A N D T H E B A D S TAT E T H E E C O N O M Y I S I N P R E V E N T S B E T T E R U S E O F I T. W E N E E D TO C O P E W I T H T H I S A L A R M I N G S I T U AT I O N , A N D T H E R E FO R E W E S TA G E O U R O W N W O R L D A S I F D I R E CT I N G A P L A Y. I N T H I S P L A Y , T H E L A N D S C A P E I S O U R D E C O R . THIS ‘GAME’ FULFILLS OUR NEED TO PLAY AND HELPS US TO SURVIVE.
MAARTEN KOLK AND GUUS KUSTERS
AREA 1
POETIC RETREAT
We b u i l d a r e f u g e o u t o f t a l e s , w h e r e w e r e t r e a t f r o m r e a l i t y. We a r e the innocent characters in a play in which we act our imaginative, l i g h t w e i g h t l i v e s . We d o nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; t w a n t t o b e a r t h e w e i g h t o f r e a l - l i f e p r o b l e m s . D r a m a o f f e r s u s a t e mp o r a r y e s c ap e , h o v e r i n g a b o u t r e a l i t y. The landscape is our stage, we literally decorate it to perform in it. It helps us to cope with our actual life afterwards.
ELEMENTS OF LUCY ORTA
UNKNOWN
JUSTIN BLYTH
JAMES DAWE
SCOTT HAZARD
NOEMI GOUDAL
ALEX STODDARD
KENT ROGOWSKI
THOMAS JACKSON
ELSPETH DIEDERIX
HIN CHUA
DARREN RIGO
HANNA PUTZ
LETHA WILSON
KAARI UPSON
SAM FALLS
YAGO HORTAL EDOUARD MORTEC
ELEMENTS OF LESLIE DAVID AND YAGO HORTAL
KATE SHAW
AREA 2
FANTASTIC ENCHANTMENT
When temporary escape is no longer sufficient, we lose ourselves in t h e n e w l y c r e at e d s c e n e r y, e n c h a nt e d b y f a nt a s y. O u r j o u r n e y i nt o a d r e a my, a b s t r a c t w o r l d i s a p s y c h e d e l i c e x p e r i e n c e . T h e r e i s n o w ay b a c k , w e c o i n c i d e w i t h o u r c h a r a c t e r i n t h i s ‘ p l a y o f l i f e ’. W e b e c o m e t h e n a r r at i v e w e o r i g i n a l l y c r e at e d , a l i e n at i n g f r o m o u r o w n i d e nt i t y. T h i s w ay, w e s u r v i v e . E l s e w h e r e .
MAARTEN KOLK AND GUUS KUSTERS
LOLA GUERRERA
UNKNOWN
SHANE MCADAMS
JOHN LEHR
WILLIAM MILLER
ZERO ONE MAGAZINE
FILIPPO MINELLI
NICOLA YEOMAN
AREA 3
DISTURBING DYSTOPIA
D e s p e r at e l y t r y i n g t o e s c ap e f r o m r e a l i t y, w e s u d d e n l y r e a l i z e w e can never really escape from life. This can make our playful escapism almost unbearable. Utopia transforms into a disturbing Dystopia. Paradise is lost. Our carefully constructed decor turns out to be a d i s g u i s e , a m a s k , c o n c e a l i n g t h e d a r k u n d e r c u r r e n t o f l i f e i t s e l f . We find ourselves in a disturbing landscape, shocked by this sudden ins i g h t , d e p e n d i n g o n n o t h i n g b u t o u r s e l v e s . We m u s t c o p e , b u t c a n w e ?
DOROTA BUCZKOWSKA
ALISON SCARPULLA
CZLOWIEK KAMERA
DARREN RIGO
LUCY+JORGE ORTA