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Essay / An Analysis of Banksy's Cell Phone Enthusiasts - 917
cell phone binary is intriguing, considering both the cartoon and the painting depicting cell phones invading our world. In Boligan's cartoon he gives us a series of aspirations, a young boy without a cell phone dressed in a bright red and blue uniform full of color and life, while in Banksy the two individuals are madly in love and Even though they look at their cell phones, something special brought these two together. In Boligan, the center of the circle, demarcated by the benches occupied by children sitting in the darker shaded area, is lighter, revealing the young boy's brightly colored sports outfit and displeased facial expression, while the children sitting on the benches are dark. no color and no facial expressions as they all look down. It is very obvious to spot the darkness these children exhibit as when you look in front of them you see the trees and grass, revealing a beautiful green color full of life, comparable to the young boy standing with his football. football under his left foot. Correspondingly, in Banksy Mobile Lovers the couple appears very alive and intrigued by what the cell phone screen can represent, their individual facial expressions are bland, black and white, without any color, which would imply what would follow the Boligan cartoon in our near future. While Boligan's cartoon shows our current and future generation supported by cell phones sitting in the dark and far from the center, he however gives us a glimmer of hope by placing a young boy in the center where there are light and color, illustrating that even as we slowly give in to technological progress, our children can still be saved from drowning in a dark world where the only light they will see is that coming from their cell phones. But in doing so, both artists may also be hinting that it may be too late to save our younger generation if we don't act immediately..