Turquoise memoir
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Dates2020 - Ongoing
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Author
- Locations Mexico, Quintana Roo, Playa del Carmen, Cancún, Puerto Morelos, San Miguel de Cozumel
Inconsistent, but transitional, Turquoise Memoir presents thoughts and experiences as images. The echoes of an unintentional parenthesis that feels as if it were to be ending soon.
I live in a province where its astonishing natural beauty has been exploited indiscriminately for the last 60 years. After a well-known land distribution in favor of the elite, Quintana Roo eventually turned into Mexico's number one international touristic destination: illegal deforestation and cenote drilling under the banner of development, with iconic projects like the Maya Train throughout the Yucatan Peninsula whose environmental impact was questioned since its announcement, and recently exhibited by the press; degradation of the Belize Barrier Reef and careless manipulation of the aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna in order to satisfy the demand for adventurous and exotic experiences at an accesible price for massive, all-inclusive tourism; criminal activities in many forms and at different levels, along with sudden bursts of cynical, grotesque violence have become the norm for trending destinations like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, and other populated areas of the 80 miles that make up the Riviera Maya, a marketing name for Mexico's white-sanded southeast coast
Inconsistent, but transitional, Turquoise Memoir presents thoughts and experiences as images. The echoes of an unintentional parenthesis that feels as if it were to be ending soon.