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FOREWORD

Two movies that were really inspiring during the original planning phase of my ENTER.Ibiza event were Gaspar Noé’s Enter The Void and Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, with their overall feelings of escapism and voyeurism. Both also dealt with the contrasting feelings of isolation and acceptance within groups of friends and acquaintances which reminded me of many experiences I’d had within the party culture on Ibiza. Ibiza is a place far away from most people’s ‘real’ day-to-day life, a place inviting people to escape, to isolate themselves from their own reality and to step into an alternate universe of make-believe experiences. A place far away from the norms of society where a type of freedom is suggested, if not fully guaranteed. All of these themes create the foundation of what ENTER. is. As you step off the plane on the island, you are leaving your reality behind and taking a step towards the fantasy that the island represents. Standing on that edge of what’s real and what’s not is where Ibiza lies. A black hole in the middle of the world where anything is possible…

– Richie Hawtin, February 2015