Luca Vitone's Prometeus Episode 3: A Sardonic Journey Through Gibraltar and the Costa del Sol

In the third episode of his Prometeus series, artist Luca Vitone offers a caustic travelogue of the Costa del Sol and Gibraltar. He describes the Spanish coast as a nightmarish sprawl of pseudo-Arabian cement mushroom-like buildings, offensive compared to the Moroccan coast. At Europe's southern tip, he finds a bizarre Tijuana-like strip with absurd new constructions, renovated old markets, and catamarans worth millions. The historic quarter mixes 1930s Arabic micro-architecture, Spanish western-style houses, and local interventions, populated by an indecisive crowd. Gibraltar appears as an unmotivated British outpost with old cannons, cryptocurrency exchange shops, and striking oncology medical offerings. The main street is a franchise of Mango and luxury chocolate shops. Climbing the Rock involves paramilitary restrictions and a £30 entry fee to a touristified park with crazy cave projections and Europe's only native monkeys—haughty, dangerous, and silent. Vitone's crew's initial excitement deflates before this absurdity. The episode ends with a Thai massage for consolation.