Abbas Mushtaq
Graphic Design
Context of Practice3 Project proposal
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Technology
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Technology Consumerism
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Technology Consumerism Social impact
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Technology Consumerism Social impact Social control.
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Dystopia.
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Dystopia. Utopia Community of tomorrow, the future, which is somehow frightening and undesirable. Dehumanisation Consumerism Mass production Pollution Overpopulation Supercorporations
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1984 Metropolis Minority Report Children of Men Terminator Blade Runner. 5/6/13
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Future predictions. Are we catching up? Is this good or bad for our society?
Optimist _ Pessimist
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Dir: Ridley Scott _ 1982 Dystopian Science fiction _ Repilicants - genetically engineered robots Tyrell corporation Implications of technology on environment and society. _ Globalisation Overpopulation
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Los Angeles. 2019.
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Bleak future. Industrial pollution Real animals are rare Mass migration High level of paranoia Corporatism Social control Overpopulation
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Computers As Poison “Soon celebrities and politicians will not be the only ones who have public images but no private lives — it will be all of us. We must take control of the information about ourselves. We should own our personal profiles, not be bought and sold by them.”
HUNTER, L. 1985 ‘WHOLE EARTH REVIEW’
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Mass consumption. ‘It seems that USA has become utterly commercialised. It seems that consumption is not only the financial foundation of the society, but also the social foundation; on a crude material level even. There is no advertising about movies, music, sports or other kinds of entertainment – only consumer goods.’
HUNTER, L. 1985 ‘WHOLE EARTH REVIEW’
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Control & Frighten “You know the score, pal. If you’re not a cop, you’re little people.”
_ Society on the verge of becoming a police state. Constant monitoring and social control Protecting/controlling through fear and intimidation
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The social impact of technology + consumerist advertising on the society of tomorrow. Using Blade Runner as the vision of the future.
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Any Questions?
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Any Questions? Feedback?
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