“The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons”. Sneakers 1992
The body of work “DISCONNECTED” is a look into society’s fascination, addiction and compulsive behavior towards portable cellar modular devices. With a mutual attraction towards these small machines we have become absorb as a society with our cell phones.
Depicted photographic events unfold to the viewer how society removes oneself from the now and one another, by being absorbed into something else. Are we forming a state of reclusiveness through the use of technology thinking we are free to be expressive through our cellphones?
Each time you tap into a phone one is being tracked,marketed, targeted, rated and charted for advertisement, usage, and information.
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information”. Sneakers 1992
That weighty line may have been questionably true in 1992, but it is now a reality of our society. In 2011, civilazation created and stored approximately 1.8 zettaybtes (1.8 trillion gigabytes) of information!
Emerson Networks puts their number of data centers worldwide at 509,147. For some perspective, that means they take up 285,831,541 square feet of space, or about 5,955 football fields.
All photos MIAH©
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