The Parasitic Spectacular

I really like your choice of the Eiffel tower - the tower is an icon with a view. Millions of people every year go up the tower for a romantic view of Paris. I think it's a touch of genius to subvert the view to something more unexpected... something never seen before.

This got me thinking about two main things - 'witnessing the unimaginable' and the 'parasitic view' - free riding on a popular attraction.


People are always fascinating in witnessing the unusual, unexpected, impossible, unlikely moment of seeing something - the northern lights, a solar eclipse, freeze frame of a bullets impact, a nuclear explosion [i realize that my categorization is extremely sloppy!]. Could the project be a range of installations, objects and propositions for 'witnessing the unimaginable'.


The 'parasitic view' builds physical parasites to feed off the power of mass tourism... it uses stealth tactics to calm the attention of unsuspecting visitors.