Image and Music
by Gregg Chadwick In response to Spring for Music 's Round Two query in the 2012 Great Blogger Challenge : We live in an aggressively visual age; images dominate the popular culture. But which art form has the most to say about contemporary culture, and why? Tokyo Streets photo by Gregg Chadwick The dense visual language of the Tokyo cityscape immediately came to mind when I considered Spring for Music's second query in the 2012 Great Blogger Challenge. The visual cacophony of signs and images that line the streets of the city's shopping districts provide a visual metaphor for the images that threaten to overload us each day as we turn on our computers and televisions. But do images themselves say more than other art forms about contemporary culture? The uncertainty and ambiguity often found in our 21st century lives calls for a rich cultural exploration that images may only hint at. ...