Carlos Azeredo Mesquita
Artist Book
Title: Visit [Country]
Author: Carlos Azeredo Mesquita
Date: 2025
Design: Macedo Cannatà
Concept, research, editing of found texts, and original texts: Carlos Azeredo Mesquita
Proofreading: Vanessa Gomes da Costa
Sassyfication: Liam Warren
Technical support and programming: Marcelo Reis
Formato: 11 x 24 cm
Páginas: 504
Idioma: Ensglih
Impressão: Offset
Published by Sismógrafo and Calote Esférica Associação Cultural
Printrun: 300 copies, with 4 different cover variations
ISBN: 978-989-35211-8-2
“Visit [Country]” is an artist’s book that brings together texts taken from official tourism promotion materials from every country in the world. Stripped of the usual accompanying imagery and inspirational music, what becomes clear is how tourism feeds on—and is fuelled by—nationalism, chauvinism, and the invention of identity. Much like a “choose your own adventure” book, the reader is guided by a series of questions and must decide whether to visit another destination with “the best food”, “the most beautiful women”, “the friendliest people”, or “the most authentic history”. Welcome to a journey where every country is the best.
This artist book grows out of “The Complete National Anthems of the World”, a durational performance by Carlos Azeredo Mesquita first presented at Sismógrafo, in Porto, in December 2023, and stands as a parallel, autonomous work.
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