Instafame (Paperback)
Lachlan MacDowall
ISBN 10: 1783209836 ISBN 13: 9781783209835
Published by Intellect, Bristol, 2019
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Paperback. Instafame charts the impact of Instagramone of the worlds most popular social media platformson visual culture in the mere eight years since its launch. MacDowell traces the intuitive connections between graffiti, street art, and Instagram, arguing that social medias unending battle for a viewers attention is closely aligned with eye-catching ethos of unsanctioned public art. Beginning with the observation that the scroll of images on a sideways phone screen resembles nothing so much as graffiti seen through the windows of a moving train, Macdowell moves outward to give us a wide-ranging look at how Instagram has already effected a dramatic shift in the making and viewing of street art. Instafame charts the impact of Instagram - one of the world's most popular social media platforms - on visual culture in the decade following its launch. It traces the connections between graffiti, street art and Instagram, arguing that social media's battle for a viewer's attention is closely aligned with eye-catching unsanctioned public art. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781783209835
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Instafame charts the impact of Instagram—one of the world’s most popular social media platforms—on visual culture in the mere eight years since its launch. MacDowell traces the intuitive connections between graffiti, street art, and Instagram, arguing that social media’s unending battle for a viewer’s attention is closely aligned with eye-catching ethos of unsanctioned public art. Beginning with the observation that the scroll of images on a sideways phone screen resembles nothing so much as graffiti seen through the windows of a moving train, Macdowell moves outward to give us a wide-ranging look at how Instagram has already effected a dramatic shift in the making and viewing of street art.
About the Author: Lachlan MacDowall is a researcher at the University of Melbourne.
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Title: Instafame (Paperback)
Publisher: Intellect, Bristol
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new