Journey through the Alps, 2017
This video work was created during a train trip I took across Europe, from Paris to Vienna. The video depicts the reality of what the traveller sees when traversing Europe, far from Romanticized notions of natural beauty, or the tourist kitsch of travel brochures. The 18th and 19th century Romantics tended to idolize Switzerland and the Alps as places of sublime beauty. This video work portrays a much more mundane view of the scenery that demonstrates how far from reality such romanticized notions are, even though they still persist.
This video work was created during a train trip I took across Europe, from Paris to Vienna. The video depicts the reality of what the traveller sees when traversing Europe, far from Romanticized notions of natural beauty, or the tourist kitsch of travel brochures. The 18th and 19th century Romantics tended to idolize Switzerland and the Alps as places of sublime beauty. This video work portrays a much more mundane view of the scenery that demonstrates how far from reality such romanticized notions are, even though they still persist.
