TOURISM CULTURE OBSERVATORY // COAST
The Observatory is Casa Planas’ own initiative for collective research into tourism and contemporary image.
The research brings together different disciplines, sectors and perspectives to provide an in-depth study of the phenomenon of tourism from an environmental, scientific and artistic perspective.
The research forms part of the Uncovering Archive project and involves a team of professionals who make up the research team.
The results of the research will be showcased at the Photography Festival. The studio sessions are open to the public and industry professionals. See the full programme of events.
Research team
· Marina Planas. Researcher, visual artist and Director of Casa Planas.
· Alelí Mirelman. Researcher specialising in image and tourism. Director of the COSTA Observatory.
· Macià Blàzquez. Member of the GIST research group at the UIB.
· Ivan Murray. Lecturer at the UIB. Research in geography offering a critical analysis of touristification, political ecology and ecological economics.
· Belén Iniesta. Artist and visual researcher.
· Laia Ventayol. Artist and visual researcher
· Carlos Almela. Group of Two spotters.
· Carlos Alonso. CEO of WDNA.
· Guillem Colom. Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Glasgow.
· Margalida Ramis. Spokesperson for the GOB.
· Pablo Martínez. Member of the Fossil Aesthetics research group.
· Ernest Cañada. Fundador de AlbaSud.
· Blanca de la Torre. Exhibition curator and researcher in political ecology.
· Margarita Novo. Member of the GIST research group at the UIB.
· Patricia Almarcegui. Orientalist and expert in travel literature.
· Burak Korkmaz Schwichow. Artist and researcher.
· José Díaz Cuyás. Professor of Aesthetics and Art Theory, University of La Laguna. Coordinator of <4>Turicom. Image, body and death in leisure culture.
· Yaiza Hernández. Professor in the Department of Art and Media at the University of Southampton.
· Tupa Rangel Cárdenas. Programme Coordinator at Save the Med.
· Guapos García Mouronte. Architect. Mellon Marron Fellow t the MoMA< 9 >in New York.
· Diana Delgado-Ureña. Dra Filosofía. Estudios en Estética y Tª de las Artes miembro de Arquilib.
Program
22.01.25 – 17h. Counting down the days. Terminal tourism and its drawbacks (online session in English). Featuring Yaiza Hernández Velázquez.
29.01.25 – 17h. Framing the Tourist (online session in English). Featuring Liz Wells.
18.02.25 – 12h. Media, sustainability, digital detox. With Trine Syvertsen, Gunn Enli and Ignacio Berguillos, in collaboration with <9> CESAG.
19.02.25 – 17h. Mediterranean Biodiversity. At the Se Baluarte Museum of Contemporary Art in Palma (Plaza de la Puerta de Santa Catalina, 10, 07012 Palma).
10.04.25 – 10.30h. Bikinis and tourist attractions (session in English).
10.05.25 – 12h. What is water? A performance piece by Marc Caellas, Están Feune de Colombino< and Corinne Spitailer. In collaboration with the Palma City Council .
18.06.25 – 10-14h. Tourism, memory and archives. Mapping research projects and institutions, in collaboration with Alba Sur, at MACBA (Barcelona).
23-25.10.2025.I COSTA Tourism Culture Observatory Conference
2024
18.01.24 – 17h.
01.02.24 – 17h. Image and climate. With Carlos Alonso Managing Director of WDNA.
07.03.24 – 17h . Overtourism. Featuring Guillem Colom.
11.04.24 – 17h. Turiscultura and the purple economy. Featuring Jaume Reus.
09.05.24 – 17h. From good to better. Transformation and circular progress in Mallorca’s hotel sector. Featuring María Frontera FEHM).
05.06.24
Table 1: Museums, tourism and energy humanities. Pablo Martínez.
Table 2: Chronic Emergencies. Ivan Murray.
Photo-**walk. A walk with Nuera Müller< 4 >and Macià Blázquez along Playa de Palma.
06.06.24
Tabla 1: Museums, tourism and energy humanities. Pablo Martínez.
Table 2: Chronic emergencies. van Murray. Photo-**walk. A walk with Nuera Müller and Macià Blázquez along Playa de Palma.
07.06.24
Tabla 5:Luchas y resistencias. Derecho en la ciudad. Margalida Ramis.
Table 6: Transformations. Ernest Cañada.
05.09.24 – 17h. Stories of Water. Featuring Laia Ventayol.
M18.10.24 – 17h. Photography and metadata. Featuring Burak Korkmaz.
06.11.24 – 17h.