operation istria

übergänge2004. istria in transition. new strategies for the region of Inner-Istria [Croatia] concerning the upcoming tourism.

In cooperation with Jennifer Schmachtenberg.


>> Starting from the current development of an increasing tourism it will be important to have a closer look on the different transitiv moments of tourism and its effects on social, culturual and real build spaces.
The touristic space opend up by the traveller, the original inhabitants and services is an overlapping of economical interests, infrastructure, architecture and landscape. On special interest is the other side of classic tourism, the backstage. That means the dealing with the regime of view and the production of desire.
The roles of the different actors let the question of authenticity come up. The production of dream worlds and hallucinations is an integral part of tourism, but what about the manufacture conditions of this touristic product?