Lloret de Mar
2024 – ongoing
Closed shops, deserted streets, crowded beaches and souvenirs: at first glance, the photographs make Lloret de Mar appear to be a backdrop optimised for northern European summer visitors.
In the intertwining of image and voice, Marieta and Fátima emerge in portraits and videos and take us into the world of work. For them, Lloret de Mar does not mean parties and sangria, but ‘cold tourism that fails to recognise the essence of the place’ (Marieta) and ultimately ‘enslaves’ them (Fátima).
Their stories reveal colonial continuities in the tourism system: displacement, dependencies, exploitation. But also resistance and visions of the future. One seeks a new closeness to the city, the other a way far away from it.
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