This photo has no captions or background at all but
perfectly summarizes the artists’ feelings about this subject. He decides to
use a picture “The Evolution of Man” but instead of its original form the
artist adds two extra men at the end. The artist also changes what the men are
carrying showing the progression for a rake to a jack-hammer. As each of the
figures in this photograph has evolved their technology has grown with them,
from nothing but their hands to a computer. When looking at the final figure he
is shown crouched and hunched over similar to the monkey at the beginning.
This
shows that the author believes that we are actually in a state of regression.
Although our technology is currently at its peak, the people using it are
similar to the monkeys we evolved from. By using the chart in this way the
creator not only shows the evolution of man but also the deterioration of man
in the same picture. By showing humans in this way it serves as an example of
our laziness and stubbornness to further grow. In the picture before the man is
holding a jack-hammer, this is the final step of evolution in this picture. Up
until that point not only was our technology improving but we were evolving as
well. We had gone form bent over chimps to proud upright walking humans. But in
the last picture we are reduced to a shell of our former selves. No longer are
we walking towards a better tomorrow but instead we are sitting completely focused
on our mundane task; totally oblivious to what’s going on around us.
"The Evolution Of Man Parody". drawing. biterebels.com/design/evolutionofman. 2011
Richard, I think is very important what you mentioned, humans are becoming lazy, and some people don't know what is happening in our world. How do you think man is in state of regression? I would like to see specific points to understand what you mean by the state of regression, this includes culture, society national and international, and world history.
ReplyDeleteObviously, our technology has matured over the years and will continue to do so. Trends come and go, and I think that technology is just a big trend. Even though it seems like the population is fixated on small things rather than the world around them, that is far from true. With technology at our finger tips, we are able to see the big picture without having to constantly keep in touch with others. To say the humankind is regressing is dramatic. Everyday we, as humans, are inventing new things and coming up with alternative ways to do things.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great image! I'm looking at, hunched over my computer, and so I immediately feel a connection to the picture. It makes me think about those pictures of babies to older people that follow a similar pattern of a form hunched over to standing tall to hunched over once again. Thinking about that connection, the picture also seems to suggest that we have surpassed our zenith. In other words, is it all downhill from here?
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