lecture

Sensing the Zeitgeist: An Exploration of Social and Aesthetic Trends in the USA | Sem Devillart

date

25 June 2024, 17:00-18:00

place

PPNT Gdynia | sala kinowa
al. Zwycięstwa 96/98, budynek III

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This talk will explore the emerging patterns we can witness in US culture from pop to politics – as a fore bringer of the phenomena resulting from the connection between culture and technological developments and their impact on our wellbeing.

This presentation posits the existence of Zeitgeist and points toward a method for sensing and describing it, drawing from iconological methods from art history and design. Through this method we will explore some key aesthetic and social patterns that run through the current culture in the USA.

Lecture partner: Invest Komfort

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speaker

Sem Devillart

Cultural analyst focused on visual and online culture. For the last fifteen years she has collaborated with top organizations on innovative methods to turn cultural signals into high-value intelligence, media content, products and business models. Sem was the chief architect at startup Sparks and Honey, a responsive, data driven creative agency at Omnicom in New York City. Currently she works with...

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