Saturday, January 07, 2006

War is Great for the Economy...or how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Consumerism

Between the barrage of anxiety-ridden images, we are given commercial breaks to inform us, the passive viewer, that although these events are happening we can take comfort in the immediate gratification of consuming products. Consumerism therefore becomes a form of escapism; it is a successful distraction from the problems of social and political reality.
Digital image printed on photo paper, mounted on archival backing.