Our society is changing at such a rapid pace like never before in human history. Technological advances have changed our lives in almost all areas, it has not only changed the way we view the world and how we interact with our world but is also changing our values and aesthetics along with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The question here is : will the emerging art forms and visual aesthetics evolve as a natural evolutionary process? Or will new aesthetics values be born out of a world that has changed so rapidly that the evolutionary process in visual arts is turned on its head? <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
It is crucial that we distinguish between aesthetics and taste, and it is taste that in post social media culture is overtaking the notion of aesthetics. The danger of this change is that \u201ctaste\u201d ( mainly driven by mass media and elite cultural values) is being viewed as the driving force of aesthetical values and judgements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We may see a problem arising from two different spheres;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On one side we have the elite cultural values that may be entangled in different agendas ( promoting and glorifying various ideas ) while on the other hand we can ask a simple question like: How will a generation that does not read, that does not view art through it\u2019s historical milestones and evolutionary paths, a generation that has such limited attention span setup artistic and aesthetic standards for the world tomorrow ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n