Technology, Culture, and Creative Practice Blog 1
This piece interested me the most. I first thought that it looked very pretty and was wondering exactly what it was. Upon looking closer however I could make out cans and debris and recoiled at the sight of the pollution. By my personal reaction and reading the context listed above, the artist succeeded in her aim and I was very impressed.
1. What is the cultural context of what you see in the image?
Due to the nature of industry waste and mass production/consumption of goods, this piece speaks on an international level.
2. What technologies are apparent in the image?
Uses photography, byproducts of human advancement and consumption of goods.
3. What creative practices can you name in the context of this
image?
She’s arranged photographs of the items in a way that presents them suspended in a void, likened to how our trash is in our oceans.
1. What is the cultural context of what you see in the image?
Reflects the values surrounding hard work in specifically Chinese culture and how business is rapidly evolving
2. What technologies are apparent in the image?
Uses photography to capture the image, which is of a modern cluttered working office space in a building in China where the lighting is artificial and there is a combination of computers and physical paper models of building.
3. What creative practices can you name in the context of this
image?
The artist manages to capture the entirety of a crazily packed and organised mess of an office.
1. What is the cultural context of what you see in the image?
The photographs show how technology is involved with the identity of young adults from a Western perspective
2. What technologies are apparent in the image?
Photography with the models posing with phones in their typical bedroom environment.
3. What creative practices can you name in the context of this
image?
The extreme fixation of the young adults with their physical appearance togethered with the set up of each of their rooms, were organised by the photographer.