THE FOREIGN
Travel is potential.
A malleable, ephemeral hope of change and transition.
In that, it is inherently temporary. Uninhabitable for longer than a brief period. Materials made for travel are often of plastic and paper. Lightweight for function and cheap for single use.
In that, it is inherently temporary. Uninhabitable for longer than a brief period. Materials made for travel are often of plastic and paper. Lightweight for function and cheap for single use.
The temporary state requires the mind to be more alert than when in a habituated space. In travel the mind is hyper-alert, searching for patterns and familiar sights. It is trying to make sense of and eventually neutralize the foreign. No mind wants to be constantly lost. Without a few points of understanding, nothing has meaning.
Using the language of to-go objects, souvenirs and disposables, I altered their implied use or value to create a foreign moment. The mind can understand elements of the material or form, but the shift is just enough to create the discomfort of the unfamiliar.
BEE"S KNEES!!!
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