GO TO PUERTO RICO USA



"GO TO PUERTO RICO USA" is a paradox between the creation of images of real places and people while changing our perception of what we are used to see. Advertisment and turism companies create desirable versions of reality, using images that work upon their agenda. These companies manipulate icons, places, people and symbols. W&N confront this ambiguos reality presenting a different perception with images that approaches to the daily life of the people that work and live in the Old San Juan, center of turism and capital of Puerto Rico USA. Pigeons all over, deteriorated buildings and alleys, lottery and horse gambling, public "forgotten" art, among other situations, are presented in postcards that are distributed secretly in souvenirs shops. Since this stores are frecuently visited by turists, it allows them to recognize what as a passerby could not ignore. Reality and representation are concerned through the experience of the visitor here, in the "Enchanted Island" of Puerto Rico USA, where nothing is what you were ment to see.