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Article Open Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2024.06.024

A Poetic Allegory of Globalization in the Shift from the Machine Age to the Digital Age: Zoe Leonard’s Analogue

Peixuan Lyu

Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.

*Corresponding author: Peixuan Lyu

Published: July 2,2024

Abstract

Traveling to Uganda in 2004 enabled Leonard to witness the city planning and the Kodak stores on the outskirts of Kampala. This article delves into the photo Century Photo Center in Zoe Leonard’s project Analogue, as the lens to examine the transformative impacts of globalization from the Machine Age to the Digital Age. The first section analyzes from a technical and contextual perspective how this work concentrates on describing the process that something else is lost while something is gained in globalization. Through formal analysis, the second part argues that the project is produced with a calm and objective attitude toward the loss of global reality, rather than nostalgic or sentimental. The third part shows that in the era of rapid consumption of images dominated by technical revolution and globalization, Analogue goes deeper into the context of photography and exhibition. It rethinks the way of viewing. In short, it is the witness, recording, and reflection of globalization.

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How to cite this paper

A Poetic Allegory of Globalization in the Shift from the Machine Age to the Digital Age: Zoe Leonard's Analogue

How to cite this paper: Peixuan Lyu. (2024) A Poetic Allegory of Globalization in the Shift from the Machine Age to the Digital Age: Zoe Leonard's Analogue. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science8(6), 1444-1448.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2024.06.024