Lisbon, Portugal | Miguel Pessanha
Sight Sacralization: (Re)framing Switzerland by Simon Roberts
In the words of the artist Simon Roberts:
When the wealthy English set off on their European Grand Tours in the 1800s, they expected that Switzerland would inspire them with vistas of sublime grandeur. The landscape’s untamed romanticism was a crucial component of Switzerland’s national identity and cultural prestige.
These large-format tableaux photographs are taken of viewing platforms at some of the most photographed places in Switzerland. Together, these photographs explore how we use, manipulate, remember, and experience tourist sites. The series considers tourists’ creation and interpretation of their own photographs, both at the time of taking them and afterwards. The work raises questions relating to aesthetics, performance, and individual and collective identities within our “culture of instantaneity”
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