Art, Design, Technology

20th Century Was All About Artists, 21st Will Be About Thieves!?

We are standing at the threshold of a changing world, and we are witnessing that change right in front of our eyes.

What will students in 22nd century read about — when they will try to find information on art, literature and design in the 21st century?

The ‘isms’ that redefined art

I remember when I was in college, doing my masters, we had so much to learn about different artists, and art-movements that transformed the world.

We read about realism, impressionism, modernism, surrealism, romanticism, and so many more.

Every ‘ism’ was fascinating in its own way, but last night I was wondering, what will the future students learn about when they will try to find more information about art, design and literature of 21st century.

What have we, as humanity, achieved so far, and is it in any way greater than what our ancestors did?

This question kept me awake for long. But the root of this question came from my Instagram account, that was suddenly flooded with this —

A modern-day meme turned into Ghibli style art through ChatGPT. Credits: Someone on the internet who pushed a prompt with a sample image to generate this. Honestly, credits don’t even matter at this point.