Abstract
'Beyond the Verbiage' are encounters with the environment. So much has been written about our consumerist contemporary society and Climate Change. This paper is an artistic examination of research conducted by Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger, through onsite investigations, spanning a four-year period, of small islands and isolated environments. Chapters will explore research undertaken on Lord Howe Island N.S.W. Australia, Galapagos Islands Ecuador, Faroe Islands the North Sea and Deception Island Antarctica. Through video, sound, and installations these investigations work to create awareness about the impact the international traveller is having globally, but especially in places once deemed only for the experienced intrepid traveller. This paper explores how the consumer is enticed not just by the tourist industries' images, specials and catchy jingles but also via the documentary beautifully edited to capture this planet's extraordinary environment. These inducements create a desire within the viewer to be immersed in these fragile isolated places; however, the resulting manifestation explored here creates a window into the vacationer's impact on the viewed utopian destination. 'Beyond the Verbiage' is just one part of a discourse to increase awareness of how society's seemingly simple actions in travelling potentially have a disastrous 'butterfly effect' on such remote and utopian destinations.
Highlights
‘Beyond the Verbiage’ are encounters with the environment
This paper will examine the islands of Lord Howe Island (NSW Australia), 2015 the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) 2014, Faroe Islands 2016 and Deception Island (Antarctica) 2017
The Galapagos Islands, Lord Howe Island, Deception Island and the Faroe Islands along with many others are gathering increasing attention for the consumerist travellers’ ‘bucket list’ and it is for this reason that I have remained specific to them
Summary
Examinations over a 4 year period by artist Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger, that involved onsite research, as the tourist/artist traveller, to small islands and isolated environments. Examinations will explore the impact of the contemporary society through ocean debris on these islands and the consumer tourist. The pressures from the travel industry to supply the tourist with a more eco-friendly experience have created a move forward, in the protection of the environment.
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