HOLIDAYLAND, 2021
Steel Installation,
Glas, Polystyrol, PLA,
CGI-Video, 60 Frames
(30 fps)
Photos
by Jan Hellerung
#artwork #installation
Tourism has made its business to transform landscapes and cultures worldwide into objects of leisure consumption. In the process, the things that are bought on journeys are, next to photography, the most important means of capturing what it is like to be there, of lending permanence to the fleeting nature of a journey. The souvenir, the object-like and superficial memory of a foreign place (fr. se souvenir = to remember), can serve as an example of how today's globalised people appropriates their environment and consumes holiday landscapes.
The expansive installation HOLIDAYLAND – A COMMENTARY ON THE END OF THE SUBLIME presents itself as a souvenir shop whose souvenirs allude to the sell-out of the earth. It is pool-blue – the artificial backdrop of a summer 'Holidayland'. Part of it is also an ever-narrowing beach lounger with a parasol (tourists only). From there, the infinite sunset is served on a serving trolley (en. phrase infinitiy sunset = the infinite end).
HOLIDAYLAND, 2021
Steel Installation,
Glas, Polystyrol, PLA,
CGI-Video, 60 Frames
(30 fps)
Photos
by Jan Hellerung
#artwork #installation
Tourism has made its business to transform landscapes and cultures worldwide into objects of leisure consumption. In the process, the things that are bought on journeys are, next to photography, the most important means of capturing what it is like to be there, of lending permanence to the fleeting nature of a journey. The souvenir, the object-like and superficial memory of a foreign place (fr. se souvenir = to remember), can serve as an example of how today's globalised people appropriates their environment and consumes holiday landscapes.
The expansive installation HOLIDAYLAND – A COMMENTARY ON THE END OF THE SUBLIME presents itself as a souvenir shop whose souvenirs allude to the sell-out of the earth. It is pool-blue – the artificial backdrop of a summer 'Holidayland'. Part of it is also an ever-narrowing beach lounger with a parasol (tourists only). From there, the infinite sunset is served on a serving trolley (en. phrase infinitiy sunset = the infinite end).
MORITZ KREUL is a multi-disciplinary designer with a background in graphic design and typography. He understands his work as visual communication aiming to interweave a multifaceted approach into his making. Rooted in research-driven concepts, his work unfolds as process oriented multimedia practice. With a project-portfolio ranging from spatial design, product visualisation, visual identity, print, animation and web to more conceptual art works, he provides a full-service design, built on an extensive set of skills and media.
Moritz studied in the master class of spatial- and exhibition design at the BERLIN UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS. He graduated in 2021.
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