Summary of Pop Art Pop Art’s refreshing reintroduction of identifiable imagery, drawn from media and popular culture, was a major shift for the direction of modernism. With roots in Neo-Dada and other movements that questioned the very definition of “art” itself, Pop was birthed in the United Kingdom in the 1950s amidst a postwar socio-political climate where artists turned toward …
How a city talks about itself and its residents can shape its economic equity and resilience When we talk about infrastructure for a local economy, most people picture roads, sewer pipes, broadband, or parks. But there is an invisible type of infrastructure that shapes where capital flows and which businesses are considered investable. These are the narratives that shape how …
In today’s crowded media landscape where attention is the real currency, being able to ‘tell a good story ‘Is more prized than ever. But how can journalists and publishers reconcile the need to build an audience with the responsibility of reporting ‘the facts’? ‘Telling stories’ in many cultures is a polite way of saying ‘lying’. And yet, storytelling skills have …