The culture of seduction | The seduction of culture
The poster's concept
The culture of seduction in parallel to the seduction of culture like the two opposite ends of the spectrum that wrap around each other, define the rise and fall of modern society in relation to diachronic human values. The proclivity of nowadays intellectuals to substitute high cultural ideals for an empirical and democratic politics, which masks civic responsibility, on the one hand, and the mass media propaganda, on the other, which utilizes the power of visual communication, compose the two sides of the coin. The seduction of culture, as an exalted notion of culture over politics, can become a deceiving political statement shaping public life and politics. The culture of seduction, as a mechanism of attraction, can create uninformed citizens who are easily manipulated in making irrational choices and thus undermines democracy.
The 2nd International Conference & Exhibition on Semiotics and Visual Communication, ICSVC conference, invited 23 graphic artists to design a poster under the theme of Culture of Seduction [the seduction of culture]. It was a great honor for me to receive an invitation and I want to thank the ICSVC.
