Caitlin Pupich: ART 350S

Each of these readings points out the danger that our current state of living may guide us towards.  The first represents this with a shocking story of the distant future. The second looks at how we are damaging our future by ignoring the problems of our present. Finally, a touching letter from a grandfather to his grandchildren apologizes for the reckless consumption that defines our generation and the ones before.               “The Machine Stops” by EM Forster looks far into the future. This futuristic world is created greatly from the imagination of the writer, but it holds elements that were relevant when the piece was written in 1909 and continue to drive our society today.  Considering the age of this piece, it is surprisingly prophetic to our world today. It takes place in a society formed underground due to the presumably uninhabitable conditions of the surface of the Earth. It is run by something c...

My scene will take place in a small apartment with technology that is similar but more advanced than what we have today. The character will be sitting at a small desk. On the desk there is a small screen with words, but there does not seem to be keyboard; it is controlled entirely by voice. In one hand she holds a pen that she is presumably using on the pad of paper in front of the worn screen that sits on the desk. Her other arm dangles down. It has a metallic bar running down from her shoulder to her hand where it stretches out to each of her fingers. On her wall there will be various pieces of art and references to pop culture in this time or in the she grew up. I will also play with colors that fit the theme of this time.               Her apartment is small. It has a bed in the front, right corner. About a foot away is a table with a small bottle on it.  There are papers, like the ones on her pad that she...

Growing up in the United States, I have constantly been saturated by consumerism and creation of demand that defines the lifestyle of many societies in the modern world. Considering this, I became curious as to what exactly has the most demand in our culture. An article on TIME  presented the following list of the the "10 Best-Selling Products of All Time": 1. PlayStation--Sony 2. Lipitor--Pfizer 3. Corolla--Toyota 4. Star Wars--20th Century Fox 5. iPad--Apple 6. Mario Bros. Franchise--Nintendo 7. Michael Jackson's Thriller--Epic Records 8. Harry Potter (Book) --Scholastic  9. iPhone--Apple 10. Rubik's Cube--Seven Towns Ltd. As a product of this list, I decided to place each item on the last product on the list: the Rubik's Cube. Without each product placed on the cube, it is blank and bland. The real color and meaning is added with each of the products listed above.This is very similar to how we view consumerist lifestyles today. Furthe...