The guide and the seeing man

Åsa Elzén
single channel video 32 min
(4 excerpts 5 min)
2008
A film about the dialectical relationship between tourism and migration and the personal narratives of a Danish backpacker, a Tibetan tourist guide and a Swedish video artist, all crossing the Tibetan border hoping to fulfill their own specific agendas. The film also offers an account of the long history of explorers, colonizers and adventurers who have tried to reach Tibets capital Lhasa in disguise and how the pleasures and politics of cross cultural dress informs contemporary tourism.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• feminism
• post-colonialism
• tibet
• tourism
• Åsa Elzén
• video
• art