ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR

ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR- NOTES ON TOURISM (DELPHINE BEDEL, ED.)
Texts by Bruno Latour, Rachel Esner, Delphine Bedel, Franscesco Bernardelli, Marco Pasi, Thibaut de Ruyter and Olivier Rolin. Photobook 24 x 17 cm 64 pages Soft cover ISBN 978-90-5973-072-4 Episode Publishers, 2008 Distribution Meta/Books

PRORA
On the Island of Rügen, the Prora Holiday Resort was the first monumental building for mass tourism. This propaganda construction was never finished. It was originally intended to be a seaside resort of the NS-organization "Kraft durch Freude"; 20,000 workers were to spend their holidays there. It remains the largest architectural project carried out at that time, and spreading over 5km, it is still one of the biggest constructions ever made for tourism. After WW2, the complex was turn into a secret military base and hidden from sight for forty years. Most of the complex is now abandoned. The building’s future destination remains controversial.

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THE CHALK CLIFFS ON RUGEN
10km, North, the chalk cliffs on Rügen, painted by Friedrich in 1818, have now fallen into the sea, but the site still remains a popular tourist destination. Also this painting as a cultural artifact has established a popular imagery of romantic nature throughout the 20th century, the understanding of his work was long tainted by the misuse of it for political purposes, and is now reconsidered.