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Title: Apathy
Creator: Dinkins, Jonathan
Description: In this show, I'm commenting on the apathetic attitudes of our society that I find appalling. Our culture has become a thoughtless throw-away society with an unhealthy consumer drive. We are fixated on fast-everything along with its 'disposable' packaging. The willing and un-willing deterioration of the environment; seen through thoughtless (inhumane) killing for pleasure, unmanaged pest-control, littering, oil spills, and the desire to drill in refuge areas (ANWAR and East Front Glacier National Park); has created a consumer culture that relies on ignorance to excuse itself from environmental degradation. I believe abuses of the environment are indicators of our society's more wide spread apathetic attitudes. The environment can also be thought of as a metaphor, the destruction of ecosystems on the premise of development and modernization will bring about the destruction of our species, because we are dependent on the environment for our existence. We are just as dependent on each other for the survival of our species; yet, our consumer culture and lack of understanding and tolerance have provided avenues for the proliferation of destructive behaviors against each other for monetary ends (war, Enron scandal, prejudice, etc.). The big business driven, oil industry and material consumption seem to control our country's social and political systems, which not only destroy the environment but our social relationships with other citizens of this planet.
Location: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2005/dinkins/DinkinsJ0505.pdf
Document Type: Masters
Contributor: Peed, Michael (committee chairperson)
Committee Members: Jay Schmidt, Harold Schlotzhauer
Department: Art
Program: Fine Arts
Publisher: Montana State University
Date Created: 2005-05-15
Access Rights: Accessible under copyright for educational purposes.