| Title: |
The escapist's guide to Redonda |
| Authors: |
Datyner, Lucy |
| Publication Year: |
2014 |
| Collection: |
University of Technology Sydney: OPUS - Open Publications of UTS Scholars |
| Description: |
"The Escapist’s Guide to Redonda is a tongue-in-cheek fictional travel guidebook that I designed and wrote for the Caribbean island micronation of Redonda. The double-sided dust jacket functions as a map and travel poster. The project aims to entertain through creating a momentary escape from the afflictions of reality, in the vein of armchair travelling. Inspired by recent travels and coming back to an unsettled social and political climate, I wanted my project to pretty much save the world and address the traumas of our age. I soon realised that this subject matter was labyrinthine. I decided to provide disillusioned people with the antithesis of trauma - relief, via a paradisiacal holiday destination. Redonda exists (I recommend looking it up!) but I have taken liberties in its representation. This is hinted at through collage, suggesting fabrication, interwoven with photography and text. The visual and written language evoke a past age when travel was an exciting and ceremonial experience; an escape." |
| Document Type: |
book |
| File Description: |
[59] pages : colour illustrations; 22 cm.; image/jpeg; application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43293 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43293 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.22040F80 |
| Database: |
BASE |