Instafame: Graffiti and Street Art in the Instagram Era

Instafame: Graffiti and Street Art in the Instagram Era

by Lachlan MacDowall (Author)

Synopsis

Instafame charts the impact of Instagram--one of the world's most popular social media platforms--on visual culture in the mere eight years since its launch. MacDowell traces the intuitive connections between graffiti, street art, and Instagram, arguing that social media's unending battle for a viewer's attention is closely aligned with eye-catching ethos of unsanctioned public art. Beginning with the observation that the scroll of images on a sideways phone screen resembles nothing so much as graffiti seen through the windows of a moving train, Macdowell moves outward to give us a wide-ranging look at how Instagram has already effected a dramatic shift in the making and viewing of street art.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 218
Publisher: Intellect Books
Published: 15 Jul 2019

ISBN 10: 1783209836
ISBN 13: 9781783209835

Author Bio
Lachlan MacDowall is a researcher at the University of Melbourne.