TOMASTMT

I DREAMT OF SIERRA NEVADA
new mythologies of touristification

Have you ever thought about your impact as a tourist when travelling? How your presence can influence other people’s life?   

I had a dream of Sierra Nevada, a place I’ve never visited and a growing desire to go there. But questioning myself whether to travel to Spain or not, if there’s such a thing like bad and good tourist, I decided to explore Sierra Nevada in other ways like dreaming, researching and reading legends surrounding those mountains.  

The outcome of this research is a book in which the line between the real and the imaginary becomes really thin; fortune tellers and metamorphosis, magical teapots, touristic guides and talking animals will carry you to a far away paradise that went lost after the arrival of mass tourism.

Recycled cardboard is used for packaging, keeping the book secured in a sleeve that allows the fitting of bigger books. The book sleeve itself is waterproof, made out of recycled camping mattresses with a button magnetic closure.

TOMASTMT (IT/NL, 1993) is a project rooted in research, creative writing, and site-specificity that focuses on themes of ecology and nonhuman perspectives.
Merging storytelling, landscapes, and mythology, magical places and works are created through collaboration with Rebekka Bank under the name MIST.
By juxtaposing their preferred materials—textiles and ceramics—they produce sculptural objects, performances, installations and fictional narratives that inspire reflection on contemporary life and invite us to reconsider humanity’s place within the interconnected web of everyday life.