GLOBE consumerism

The dominant consumption of the 21st century -

Man-made evolution in another dimension

Man of the 21st century dominates the world and has almost entirely made it his world. Consumption as the strongest religion in the world? Nationwide and a global philosophy of life. It shows how fashion, status and consumption are reshaping and changing the world at ever increasing speed. Rapid evolution. Marketing and industry: the dealers of consumption.

The green-colored image areas symbolize the plant world, which made our oxygen-dominated life possible in the first place via photosynthesis. For billions of years, plants have broken down carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon, and some of these long-chain carbon compounds have always been withdrawn from the daily cycle in the form of fossils. The oxygen content of the seas, in the soil and in the air has steadily increased. Faster metabolism was thus possible on a large scale. Evolution exploded. It was fueled by the ever-increasing oxygen content in our biosphere. Industrialization as the pinnacle of evolution. Industrialization, with its tremendous speed of expansion, is essentially driven by human intelligence and fossil fuels.

The dark areas of the image represent fossil fuels such as coal, oil or gas. The reddish/orange colored image areas represent the combustion of the fossil raw materials using oxygen. Fire, the combustion engine.

The reaction of C with two O. CO2. The binding of the oxygen with the carbon is symbolized in the picture by two red binding bridges. Two happy smiling faces. They enjoy consumption, luxury, fashion. The red-colored bond bridges between the carbon atom and the two oxygen atoms symbolize the red undershot eyes. The dark circles after the party. The hangover or death. Death? Today we are probably witnessing the greatest genocide since the dinosaurs died out. Insects, mammals, reptiles, fish: all highly developed species are dying out at an ever faster rate. Faster than new species evolve.

With their knowledge and the help of computers, humans have taken evolution to a new dimension. The evolution made by human hands or rather by human brains. The glasses of knowledge. People can use them for sustainable consumption, a sustainable life that is not determined by sacrifice.

Unbridled growth? spiritual growth?

The ArtKey summarizes the stylistic elements of the image, condensed to the essentials.

INV (inversion):

There are no significant inversions in the image.

AS (association):

The dark colored areas represent fossil fuels such as coal and oil. The happy faces stand for the association with the joy of consumption. The red flames represent consumption generated by burning fossil fuels.

ENT (alienation):

Alienated mouth in the shape of a capital C, representative of fossil carbon (Carbon). The two glasses stand for two oxygen atoms and the glasses of knowledge.

ABS (abstraction):

Simplified representation of enjoyment through consumption. Oil as a supplier of plastics, energy,... consumption. / CO2 as a result of human-industrial consumption - greenhouse effect, oxygen reduction in the seas and in the atmosphere. The glasses of knowledge - industrialization through science and knowledge - knowledge about the consequences of fossil-driven consumption.

PiP (picture in picture):

Front: consumption through carbon. Flames from burning carbon. On the back: The skull and crossbones – the effect of fossil-driven consumption.

UEB (exaggeration):

No major exaggerations.

ILU (illusion):

The illusion of a happy skull.

Style:

consumerism. The stylistic element that determines the image is abstraction.

INT (interaction):

Viewing of the image by viewer. Changes in the image (color/brightness) caused by internal and external light sources. Interaction with environment. haptics and skin feel.

High gloss structures:

Mirror interaction with its environment. Haptic structure invites you to touch it.