Richard Rohoman 2/26/22
Reading Response #4
The first decades of the 20th century, and the new technology that came with them, inspired a generation of artistic movements and manifestos.
I believe these new technological advances gave designers an opportunity to express their ideas and vision for the future. These advances helped to give form to revolutionary ideas and concepts. These new inventions helped designers evolved to better understand the needs of society. The invention of the printing press and photography and all the technological improvements gave artists new ways and forms of expressing their ideas as designers. As artist we tend to dematerialize the world in which we live in. In doing so, we can see things clearly and be able to express our ideas more thoughtfully. The idea that moves the masses today is called “materialism,” but what precisely characterizes the present time is dematerialization.
What new possibilities did the authors of these texts envision for the new century?
I believe the authors wanted to keep looking towards the future and not so much the past. Nothing is wrong with looking back at the past and learning from it. We can preserve the past, but it is the future that we must be constantly looking at. The future along with the new technological advances we can help shaped society. What is the use of looking behind at the moment when we must open the mysterious shutters of the impossible? Time and Space died yesterday. We are already living in the absolute. We preserved the future in order to have a past.
2nd Draft
The first decades of the 20th century, and the new technology that came with them, inspired a generation of artistic movements and manifestos.
I believe these new technological advances gave designers an opportunity to express their ideas and vision for the future. These advances helped to give revolutionary ideas and concepts. These new inventions helped designers developed to better understand the needs of society. The invention of the printing press and photography and all the technological improvements gave artists new ways and forms of expressing their ideas as designers. As artist we dematerialize the world in which we live in. In doing so, we can see things clearly and be able to express our ideas more thoughtfully. That moves the masses today is called “materialism,” but what precisely characterizes the present time is dematerialization.
What new possibilities did the authors of these texts envision for the new century?
I believe the authors wanted to keep looking towards the future and not so much the past. Nothing is wrong with looking back at the past and learning from it. We can preserve the past, but it is the future that we must be constantly looking at. The future, along with the new technological advances we can help shaped society. What is the use of looking behind at when we must open the mysterious shutters of the impossible? Time and space died yesterday. We are already living in the absolute. We preserved the future in order to have a past.
Good work Richard.
Please do not state the prompts or create two unrelated paragraphs.
Your response should be one statement.
In addition, you do not need to use “I believe” unless that phrase in itself is making a statement. You can state your premise as a fact if you back it up.
For example, if your premise is : “new technological advances gave designers an opportunity to express their ideas and vision for the future” explain those opportunities.