Hace unos días estuve leyendo a Martin Parr: "However, after 30/40 years of viewing our work, I have come to the conclusion that we too are fairly predictable in what we photograph". Además enclacé esto con un artículo publicado en El País. En él se menciona un libro llamado "Transitar por espacios comunes" donde no puede más que sorprenderme al leer acerca de la existencia de otro modo de medir el tiempo: "Hay características del tiempo que tienen relación con problemáticas concretas. La preparación para el cambio: la salida del lugar, el duelo. La ceremonia del adiós. El tiempo de conocer cómo navegar en los sitios. El tiempo de la nostalgia. El tiempo de los descubrimientos. El tiempo de los encuentros. El tiempo de sentirse en casa. El tiempo del recuerdo"
Se habla en España ahora de "la fuga de cerebros", de esos que se han ido o nos hemos ido en busca de algo. Se refieren a nosotros, los jóvenes, por todos lados.
Una vez aquí se siente uno como un auténtico turista, como un cliché, alguien en un "Small World" como en uno de los libros de Martin Parr.
Me pregunto si tengo cara de extranjero, me pregunto a dónde va el tiempo de uno invertido en otra cuidad, me pregunto en cuánto nos parecemos.
Es curioso que quince personas de nacionalidades diferentes estén unidas en una clase con un mismo motivo; aprender una lengua para poder vivir en un país que no es el suyo. Es un "pequeño mundo" unido. Pero el de Sri Lanka hace la misma foto de grupo que tu, y también la chica de EEUU, la de Vietnám, el Irlandés, el chico medio egipcio medio saudí, la morena de India, la graciosa de Tailandia y hasta la profesora de Alemania. Todos, tienen la misma foto y todos quieren salir en la foto.
El domingo estuve visitando un pueblo. En el XVII el gusto por lo chino estaba presente en todas partes en Occidente. Y allí estaban todos ellos, en aquella Casa China dentro de los jardines del palacio, con sus cámaras de fotos. Propuse a mis compañeros simular una de las figuras que aquellos orientales fotografiaban pero al estilo europeo. Pensé que iba a sentar mal a alguno pero todo lo contrario, de pronto todos dirigieron sus camaritas digitales hacia nosotros. Fue un punto de atención inmediato; incluso algunos pedían a sus compañeros si podían sacarle una foto con nosotros.
Allí estábamos, tres extranjeros siendo fotografiados como, imagino yo, icono cliché europeo. Casi igual de importantes que el palacio del siglo XVII.
El mundo turístico me resulta fascinante. Aquí abajo están los turistas de Tenerife; que no están nada mal.
Y ahí estoy yo, "Transitando por espacios comunes" en este "Small World"
(English)
I had no choice but to scan these negatives I had saved, if it´s cold you want warm, if it´s warm you want cold. They are summer 2011 in the Canary Islands. They belong to the series of "Endless Americas" that I published some time ago.
A few days ago I was reading Martin Parr: "However, After years of viewing 30/40 our work, I Have Come to the Conclusion That We too are in what we Fairly Predictable photograph". Then I linked this to an article published in El Pais. It mentions a book called "Transit through common spaces" with which I was stunned to read about the existence of another way to measure the time: "There is time characteristics that are related to specific problems. Preparing for change : output, the duel. The farewell ceremony. The time to learn how to navigate the sites. The time for nostalgia. The time of discovery. The time of the meetings. The time to feel at home. The Time of Remembrance "
It is spoken in Spain now "fuga de cerebros-brain drain", about those who have left in search of something. They refer to us, young people, everywhere.
Once here it feels like a real tourist, like a cliché, someone in a "Small World" as one of the books by Martin Parr.
I wonder if I have a foreing face, I wonder where does the time one investments in another city go, I wonder how much we look alike.
It is curious that fifteen different nationalities are united in a class with the same subject, learning a language to make a living in a foreing contry. It is a "small world" all united. But Sri Lanka takes the same group picture as you, and also the girl from U.S., the one from Vietnam, the Irish, the half Egyptian half Saudi guy, also the girl from India, the funny woman from Thailand and even the teacher from Germany . They all have the same picture and everyone wants to be in the picture.
On Sunday I visited a village. In the XVII chinese aesthetics was present everywhere in the occident. And there they were all of them, at the China House in the palace gardens, with their cameras. I proposed to my friends to simulate one of the figures this orient people were photographing but in an european style. I thought this could annoy someone but not at all, suddenly they all turned their little digital camera to us. They even asked their friends if they could take a picture with us.
There we were, three foreigner being photographed as, I guess, European cliché icon. Almost as important as the XVII century palace.
I am fascinated by tourism. Below are the tourists in Tenerife.
And here I am, "Walking through common spaces" in the "Small World"
I had no choice but to scan these negatives I had saved, if it´s cold you want warm, if it´s warm you want cold. They are summer 2011 in the Canary Islands. They belong to the series of "Endless Americas" that I published some time ago.
A few days ago I was reading Martin Parr: "However, After years of viewing 30/40 our work, I Have Come to the Conclusion That We too are in what we Fairly Predictable photograph". Then I linked this to an article published in El Pais. It mentions a book called "Transit through common spaces" with which I was stunned to read about the existence of another way to measure the time: "There is time characteristics that are related to specific problems. Preparing for change : output, the duel. The farewell ceremony. The time to learn how to navigate the sites. The time for nostalgia. The time of discovery. The time of the meetings. The time to feel at home. The Time of Remembrance "
It is spoken in Spain now "fuga de cerebros-brain drain", about those who have left in search of something. They refer to us, young people, everywhere.
Once here it feels like a real tourist, like a cliché, someone in a "Small World" as one of the books by Martin Parr.
I wonder if I have a foreing face, I wonder where does the time one investments in another city go, I wonder how much we look alike.
It is curious that fifteen different nationalities are united in a class with the same subject, learning a language to make a living in a foreing contry. It is a "small world" all united. But Sri Lanka takes the same group picture as you, and also the girl from U.S., the one from Vietnam, the Irish, the half Egyptian half Saudi guy, also the girl from India, the funny woman from Thailand and even the teacher from Germany . They all have the same picture and everyone wants to be in the picture.
On Sunday I visited a village. In the XVII chinese aesthetics was present everywhere in the occident. And there they were all of them, at the China House in the palace gardens, with their cameras. I proposed to my friends to simulate one of the figures this orient people were photographing but in an european style. I thought this could annoy someone but not at all, suddenly they all turned their little digital camera to us. They even asked their friends if they could take a picture with us.
There we were, three foreigner being photographed as, I guess, European cliché icon. Almost as important as the XVII century palace.
I am fascinated by tourism. Below are the tourists in Tenerife.
And here I am, "Walking through common spaces" in the "Small World"
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