"Shipwreck," 1835.

- Knut Andreasen Bade
(1794-1850)

#ethics #morals

The more he identifies with the dominant images of need, the less he understands his own life and his own desires. The spectacle’s estrangement from the acting subject is expressed by the fact that the individual’s gestures are no longer his own; they are the gestures of someone else who represents them to him.

Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle

The reigning economic system is a vicious circle of isolation. Its technologies are based on isolation, and they contribute to that same isolation. From automobiles to television, the goods that the spectacular system chooses to produce also serve it as weapons for constantly reinforcing the conditions that engender “lonely crowds".

Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle

"Hide and Seek."

Spanish artist: Vicente Palmaroli y González (Vicente Palmaroli y González, 1834 - 1896)