Konik, I. 2007.

Konik, I. 2007.”Thematising the ugly side of sublime technological development in Sonzero’s Pulse (2006) as an inadvertent critique of the ‘technocentricism’ of postmodernity”. South African Journal of Art History 22(3).
Now state in your own words what Konik is saying.


Konik is refering to a movie called  Sonzero’s 'Pulse'  Technocentricism of postmodernist states that we can no longer escape from the technology of our everyday life. The world is turning  into a capitalist-techno science. Konik discusses this as a negative effect. We are becoming dehumanised, and our personal lives will be taken from us, as displayed in the movie.  As with nearly all issues, the development of technology is accapted by many while it is strongly opposed by others. In the movie we see how technology has consumered the poeple.

Imagine our wireless technologies made a connection to a world beyond our own. Imagine that world used that technology as a doorway into ours. Now, imagine the connection we made can’t be shut down. When you turn on your cell phone or log on to your e-mail, they’ll get in, you’ll be infected and they’ll be able to take from you what they don’t have anymore-life. © © 2006 The Weinstein Company, LLC

Todays society is lost or even consisted dehumanised. society is no longer willing to help one another, people do not make eye contact, youth are self-centred and anti-social. Cell phones and smart phones have dramatically changed the way people communicate on a personal level. Have you ever been in a restaurant, theater, or even on a bus or airplane and some one ruins your experience bellowing into his or her cell almost continuously? Its crazy right! Most music that is aimed towards youth and ignorant people seem to brainwash them to listen to music that has no positive meaning. It seems that we do not live a natural life due to its congestion of a materialistic world swamped by media and influences from a society like ours. In many respects it has diluted social interactivity, causing also more coldness as people become part of a consuming society, only thinking about money, their purchased product and of course in the end, themselves. People now worry about what they have, not what they are. Thats why today technology is taking over peoples lives. It has killed the spirit of  living life.
I for one try to change this by making myself a positive person, being nice no matter what, informing myself of whats true and whats not, treating people and things with respect. being patient, stepping up against injustice of any kind.
Technology is a life's necessity. without electricity or technology, our health system would be terrible, there would be no medicine or ability to diagnose issues, but at the same time our laziness and reliability on technology has taken a turn for worse when we look at our unphysical lifestyles, there are no recreational activities anymore, everything is living from the pc, as long as there is a balance we will be fine, like everything we need to balance things so that it doesn't take over life completely, technology is and will continue to become an addiction, and a reliance.

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