Social systems manipulate and dupe people into buying the myth that society is moving forward. It is an industry that we take part in. A cultural industry. These industries create “art” so that it can be fed to the masses for money. Therefore, it is not truly art.
Social systems manipulate and dupe people into buying the myth that society is moving forward. It is an industry that we take part in. A cultural industry. These industries create “art” so that it can be fed to the masses for money. Therefore, it is not truly art. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Social systems manipulate and dupe people into buying the myth that society is moving forward. It is an industry that we take part in. A cultural industry.
These industries create “art” so that it can be fed to the masses for money. Therefore, it is not truly
art.
Seriously, just think about it.
Corporations do this in three ways:StandardizationManipulation
Pseudo-Individualization
Art succumbs to formula,
genre
Plotlines follow predictable
paths
Time and “look” of artistic
works must conform to
various standards
Standardization
Popular culture sounds and looks more and more like each other.
They have a “core structure” with punitive uniqueness.
(Pseudo-individualism)
The industry squeezes out any kind of challenge, orginality
authenticity or intellectual stimulation from the culture it
creates.
Popular culture becomes more alike.
Art succumbs to formula, genre…
Genre: Pop SongVerse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo, chorus.
Genre: PaintingFrame, oil or water, scene?
The Beginning of any chorus is replaceable by the beginning of innumerable other choruses.