December has been a month fraught with political uproar and tension. With the inauguration of presidential candidate Donald Trump looming ever closer, I feel that the majority of what I've recorded in my critical journal this month demonstrates the beginnings of a battle against the system in the hearts and minds of the people.
There's been a general feeling of dissatisfaction about the events of 2016 and there's definitely been a general consensus on social media that there are bigger hopes for the next year than there have been for this one. It's this optimism which defined 'Fear & Love: Reactions to a Complex World', an exhibition which I visited this month at the Design Museum, London. The exhibition explored the way that humanity's fears - in the form of robots and technology, pollution, mental health, political upheaval and consumerism - are intertwined within our cultures. The exhibition provided an alternative way of thinking which provided optimism in anxious times. In addition, the Pantone colour of the year was announced in a shade of green said to represent new life, growth and revitalisation and a media post was shared around Twitter which displayed artwork that conveys the significance of child refugees in such hostile times. I took a lot of positivity from this month's posts which I think is a social response to the recurring uncertainty and anxiety about the future.
Amazon has been making seriously impressive headway in the field of e-commerce this month, introducing virtual reality, facial recognition and drone technology into their strategy. In consideration of what I saw at the Fear & Love exhibition, amongst fears of technology causing job loss and replacing humans, I feel that these advancements do offer some positive consequences in light of the 'Mimus' installation and meaning. The installation recognised the interactive relationship that technology could have with humanity.
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