Bertille Bak's 'All inclusive Viaggio' at The Gallery Apart, Rome

The Gallery Apart in Rome presents 'All inclusive Viaggio', a solo exhibition by French artist Bertille Bak (born 1983 in Arras). Bak, a mid-career artist who participated in documenta14 in Kassel and the Biennale dell'Immagine in Movimento in Geneva, explores themes of tourism, migration, and identity. The exhibition features a large installation made of hair tiles from sailors encountered in various ports, each tile resembling a flag but revealing no identity. Upstairs, an automatic device reveals provocative female figures, alongside a narrative of non-places like cruise ships that are also spaces of labor and alienation. The 2015 video 'Figures Imposées' shows women migrating for a better future, undergoing a surreal training to evade controls. In the basement, the video trilogy 'Usine à divertissement' (2016), shot in Thailand, Morocco, and the Camargue, exposes the behind-the-scenes of tourism, critiquing Western desires for the 'ethnic' and 'authentic' through talent show techniques and the contrast between fake traditions and advanced technology. The exhibition runs until a date not specified in the source.