We’re All Image Directors Now
Subtitle: Contemporary Visual Culture and the Acceleration of Identity Formation/Dissolution
Jonah Peretti • Negations: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Corporations, individuals, and experiences are all told they must cultivate an "image" for themselves… something synthetic, believable, passive, vivid, simplified, and ambiguous all at the same time.
But now, deep-running social, technological, and customer shifts mean that around the world people are no longer living the lives determined for them by their demographics. Liberated from traditional ideas about the lives they “should” live given their age, gender, income bracket, and more, these people are instead constructing lifestyles and ident
... See moreDavid Mattin • Trend-Driven Innovation
