Tag Archives: Consumerism

Power – Idea Development

The deadline is getting close (in four days!) and I am still deciding which Idea to go with. My initial idea was on surveillance but DeeJay told me his idea which was also on surveillance and our ideas were too … Continue reading

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Power – Consumerism

Consumerism. It was talked about in my Spectacle posts and is now going to be spoken about in this Power post. We all want the latest technology, the tastiest foods and the fastest cars and as individuals we have the … Continue reading

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Spectacle 2 – “The More You Consume, The Less You Live”

With regards to our first assignment, I have been looking at the idea of Guy Debord’s about mass consumerism and the hold it has on us. In today’s lecture we were introduced to Larry Law and the quote “the more you … Continue reading

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Spectacle: Guy Debord

After Monday’s lecture/seminar, I realised that Spectacle is far more than a definition we can pull out of a dictionary. We looked at Guy Debord, who I found had very interesting view of spectacle. The quote below (taken from Monday … Continue reading

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