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These people on their daily commute reminded me of the work of Ritzo Ten Cate, called "Caught in the App" [0]. The photos of 'phone zombies' walking the street
by rapnie 1y ago
These people on their daily commute reminded me of the work of Ritzo Ten Cate, called "Caught in the App" [0]. The photos of 'phone zombies' walking the street are indicative how much and how quickly society has changed under the influence of our tech devices. On the Dutch website [1] are some more pictures and link to a TEDx talk Ritzo gave on the art campaign.
[0] https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/haunting-photos-of-londoners-on-phones-reminds-us-not-to-be-glued-to-technology_uk_5a265e97e4b07324e8403b2d https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/haunting-photos-of-lo...
[1] https://ritzotencate.com/project/caught-in-the-app/ https://ritzotencate.com/project/caught-in-the-app/
- fennecfoxy 1y agoBefore that it was newspapers. And the boomers who bitched I was on the computer for too long every day are now also doing their commute with their nose pressed against the glass of the window into a world of easily detectable fake news.
- haswell 1y agoBefore smartphones, there was not an equivalent number of people burying their heads in newspapers. Many people point to “well this is just the new X”, but I think this underrepresents the impact of modern tech, which in many cases bears a passing resemblance to some earlier era while in reality having a drastically different footprint and impact on society.
- fennecfoxy 1y agoOh for sure, wealth accumulation, corporate lobbying, public indifference have certainly created a modern technological dystopian hellscape dissimilar to the comparatively minuscule newspaper conglomerates of the before-fore-times.