My first ever Instagram post, was… Artistic. Well at least the filter was. This post reminds me how simple the platform was back then. Today, Instagram is empowering all creative minds and continues to influence the Art scene.The visual platform was initially created to share instant moments, allowing everyone to reveal their artistic flair with …
As content creators, should advertisers embrace or attempt to shift visual culture?
The concept of “visual culture” only became obvious to me since I have started working abroad, in Trinidad, where the culture hasn’t been completely homogenized by the impact of mondialisation. The local visual culture is still mainly led by press, radio and billboard. So when I worked on my first campaign, and presented the first …
Is popular culture still ‘popular’ in our filtered social media bubble ?
Jib Fowles describes in his book “Advertising & Popular Culture”, the differences and the implicit relationship between Advertising and Popular culture. Written in 1996, I wonder how this relationship has evolved in this present day. Let’s start by outlining the meaning of popular culture. Pop-Culture is what we make out of the products and practices of a mass-produced culture. …
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