TROPO CARIBISCHË #003 (2022) Dutch domestic garden iron fence, asymmetrical wooden table, complete seasoning. Variable measurements.

This work reflects on the complex intersection between hospitality, migration, and tourism, and how hospitality and exclusion can exist alongside each other within a luxury tourist context.

The installation presents an asymmetrical wooden table, which symbolizes the act of sharing and inclusion through gastronomy, becoming the center of the hospitality experience. In contrast, the iron fence acts as a reminder of the borders and limitations faced by locals, migrant workers, and tourists, suggesting both the protection of private/public spaces that offer luxury hospitality and the social exclusion that can arise in massive tourist environments

The complete seasoning, a typically North American product that contains salt, MSG, dehydrated garlic, onions, herbs, and spices, is incorporated as a sensory component that permeates the exhibition space with its strong aroma, evoking the cultural gastronomic industry context and the flattening of the taste experience. This sazón, which is visually confused with the beach sand, is used to please the palates of a high volume of tourists. This work underlines my experience as an immigrant artist and cook and, at the same time, the dynamics of consumption in tourism, where local identity can be diluted or overwhelmed by mass tourism.