Why is there no remorse in flying to a sandy beach to bathe in the sun with a sticky plastic wine glass in your hand?
We are well aware that there should be.
The artificial facades of all inclusive holiday resorts conceal fundamental and intriguing questions within; questions that often deal with the the natural and the unnatural.
The All Inclusive Exhibition was born from a mutual interest in holiday resorts - those bizarre and fascinatingly creepy places. Underneath the surface there is the idea of the natural and unnatural. We dive into the distorted reality of these holiday machines with the help of iPhone photography, video and sculpture.
What is artificial? Where can we draw the line between natural and artificial, or does it even exist? Whales, dharma, pollen, corals - why does “all inclusive” feel so wrong? These resorts - like all airports and hotels - are non-places that have no anthropological significance for humans. That is why “anything” can happen in these places. You can think about “anything”. You can renew, shed your skin. Humans want to lay on the intoxicatingly soft beach sand, separating themselves from the organic, like molluscs hiding in their shells.
Häkkinen sees these weird non-places and melancholic happiness oasis’, that compulsively buzz on and on on their god-forsaken strips of beach, where people wouldn’t even life if it wasn’t for these resorts.
Nieminen finds many aspects in the matter, drawing significance ranging from the rat race to aesthetics and entertainment to philosophy.
The wine buffet is filled again. Sun goes up and down.
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