The Melancholy of the Tourist

Wed May 15 2024 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm

The Spire | Brighton

Brighton Festival
Publisher/HostBrighton Festival
The Melancholy of the Tourist
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An intimate, magical meditation on how we engage with the world.
How long does it take for a travellers’ destination to become a sought-after paradise and then for it to fall out of fashion? The Melancholy of the Tourist is a de-construction of the moments and objects that chart the rise and fall of a mental fantasy, a gallery of images from landscapes that no longer exist or perhaps never did.
Using a technique they call ‘theatre of documentary objects’, this inventive Spanish/Mexican company combine light and shadow, paper and tin, slide projectors, pulleys and a raft of wonderfully handmade and thoroughly analogue contraptions to ask questions about the dislocation between our imaginations and reality.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Spire, St Marks Chapel, Eastern Road,,Brighton and Hove, Brighton, United Kingdom

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