Seeing Power Av Nato Thompson

<b>In our chaotic world of co-opted imagery, does art still have power?</b><br><br>A fog of images and<b></b>information permeates the world nowadays: from advertising, television, radio, and film to the glut produced by the new economy and the rise of social media . . . where even our friends suddenly seem to be selling us the ultimate product: themselves.<br><br> Here, Nato Thompson—one of the country’s most celebrated young curators and critics—investigates what this deluge means for those dedicated to socially engaged art and activism. How can anyone find a voice and make change in a world flooded with such pseudo-art? How are we supposed to discern what’s true in the product emanating from the ceaseless machine of consumer capitalism, a machine that appropriates from art history, and now from the methods of grassroots political organizing and <i>even</i> social networking?<br><br> Thompson’s invigorating answers to those questions highlights the work