Key points:
1. tourism is the commodification of views
2. the photo or souvenir as proof of experience - what is more valuable, being there or having photos proving we were there?
3. time space - "in the space of re-enactment of time," "latitutudes of free play in time and in space - where time can be re-played and gegraphical space can be replaced," "touristic time is reversible and touristic space elastic"
4. slippages
If in "tourist world" we can re-play time and geographical space can be replaced, how does this effect our architecture?
The camera has acted a our primary means of validating an experience. It is not enough to physically go to the Grand Canyon we need the photograph of our body there in order to prove it. In a way architecture has manifested itself into a similar role. For example, it is not enough that we read or watch the disney story of Cinderella we need to actaully visit the castle that has been portrayed in the book and movie. What does this say about our culture? Are we no longer stimulated by imagination that we have to physically construct these fantasies in reality? Or is it that we no longer validate information unless there is a physical space or object that accompaniews it? Oddly enough, even though we construct these fantasy lands and we physically experience them, we still need the photo to prove our experience.
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