Art is one of the tools we use in society to alert each other about issues, i.e. social commentary. The point is, that it's rhetorical so you may be having a re

Art is one of the tools we use in society to alert each other about issues, i.e. social commentary. The point is, that it's rhetorical so you may be having a reaction that "Yes, I already know this", because you are working from a privileged position of knowledge inside the system being commented on. Some fairly well-known examples of art as commentary: Guernica - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_(Picasso) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_(Picasso) Banksy - http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/banksy%E2%80%99s-10-most-powerful-works-social-commentary http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/banksy%E2%80%99s-10-... George Orwell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm Given that today we live surrounded by technology, it's not surprising that artists will use that technology to comment about and around our lives, particularly to announce to those outside the sphere of technology how networks, appliances and technological actions actually are affecting their lives.