«Window to Paradise» follows a larger artistic research on performativity of public space, architecture and social circulation. In the work, one name belongs to two localities – Copacabana, one in Brazil and another in Croatia –, investigating how linguistic mechanisms of neoliberalism shape our perception of nature and architecture. Commonly associated with a luxurious hotel room overlooking the sea, the window to paradise is presented here in a rather different outline: only a fragment of a grey building, where the landscape is reflected through a squared mirror. Photographed during the Carnival of 2020, the beach seems empty, devoid of movement, just as the touristic paradise seems now distant. 

As our societies face the increasing challenge of dealing with unsustainable economic dynamics, we feel the environment responding within our bodies. The work resonates with the current situation, as circulation restrictions suddenly expose the prevailing social pattern, in which there is a constant demand to move, produce, and turn crisis into profit at all costs. 

Through its installation character, «Window to Paradise» suggests a counter-rhythm to the neatly packaged experiences of international mass tourism, transforming the exhibition wall into another possible window view – the one to an unknown future yet to come. 

The piece was produced by Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka and WHW (Croatia) for the exhibition 'S kolekcijom’. It was cancelled due to Covid-19.