In this post I’ve attached a couple of images which i believe i could potentially use in my essay.
Images ~
Banksy -The Spy Booth
Banksy, “The Spy Booth”, 2014, Spray paint and phone booth.
- Show the truth of the age of surveillance we live in today
- How connectivity is both good and bad
- Is there really privacy ?
- Policies over rights
- Who is actually Listening?
- Asymmetrical warfare
- Megacities
- Where is the freedom ?
Yinka Shonbare – Scramble for Africa
Yinka Shonbare, “Scramble for Africa”. 2003. 14 fiber glass mannequins, 14 chairs, table and Dutch wax cotton.
- Irony
- Europe dividing Africa
- Indonesian clothes in Africa
- Colonisation
- Imperialism
- Eurocentric views
- No African Representation
- Nationalist borders
- sovereignty over rights
World Urbanisation Prospects. Current and Future Megacities 2015 to 2030. 2014. Digital media
- No longer borders but megacities
- The power is in the mass not the politicians
- Connectivity
- countries will become suburbs to megacities
- Corridors and hotspots of mass population
- international/ intercity connections
Sources :
Banksy -The Spy Booth
Yinka Shonbare -Scramble over Africa
https://africa.si.edu/exhibits/shonibare/scramble.html
World Urbanisation Prospects. – Current and Future Megacities 2015 to 2030.
https://www.allianz.com/en/press/news/studies/151130_the-megacity-of-the-future-is-smart/
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