Art meets travel – it’s something we see time and time again. From the photos we take on our trips, to stunning paintings we collect of places we visit along the way, art is very intertwined with travel. Recently I saw something very interesting and unlike anything I’ve ever seen before, this travel video by Club Med puts a really fun spin on the way we travel. It takes common travel objects and transforms them into characters, who then go on to experience their own holiday – but using a bag scanning machine to document the trip. It’s funny, fresh and really different.
Frankly I’ve never seen anything like it before and it’s a really fun way to look at how we travel. From the key pieces almost all of us bring alone, such as flip flops and sunscreen, to more obscure things such as what appears to be a ukulele. Our suitcase contents are all as unique as us, and packing for a trip is really half the fun. Not only is the video a very different spin on holidays, but it provides an interesting look at unconventional art. As we develop more and more technology to use in our everyday lives, it’s not surprising that the technology will be used in the art we create too.
If you’re interested in unconventional art, here are some more examples of unconventional art that’s really striking. Anastassia Elias’s Toilet Paper Rolls is a very beautiful an unexpected form of unconventional art. She takes toilet paper rolls, cuts out small scenes from paper, and places them inside the toilet paper. With carefully placed lighting, the scenes just come to life. Using such simple tools and a creative approach she has been able to create a little world of her own and it’s very enchanting.
Interested in more unconventional art? Why not check out this post of 20 Artists who took art to the next level.
Another really interesting video I saw this week was this beautiful video of underwater yoga. Yoga can be exceptionally graceful (it depends on who is doing it, of course), but by placing it underwater in an unfamiliar world, it really changes the perceptive. I would personally LOVE to try underwater yoga, but not sure I can hold my breath for very long. It must be fun doing it when you feel so weightless. Underwater yoga would be particularly useful for those of us with injuries who still want to do yoga but want to start with a much more gentle practice.
