| Benjamin Geer on 13 Nov 2000 19:23:48 -0000 |
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| [Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> Cellphones and the Cancer of Cellspace |
On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 09:02:19AM +0100, <<<bernhard loibner>>> wrote: > I think it is fairly naive to see mobile phones as a fashion accessory > and people who use it as addicted to consumerism. In an environment with > a saturation of cell phones as high as in most european countries it is > hardly an item suitable for elitism or avantgarde of any kind. In a recent billboard ad for a mobile phone, the slogan was something like, `Are you sure you want to get this much attention?' Someone else has already pointed out, on this list, that Nokia phones have detachable covers so they can be colour-coordinated with one's outfit. Mobile phones are as heavily fetishised as cars. The fact that most women carry handbags does not mean that handbags aren't a fashion accessory. Fashion has little to do with elitism or the avant-garde. It is fundamentally a type of conformism. Far from being diminished by ubiquity, it *requires* ubiquity. -- Benjamin Geer http://www.btinternet.com/~amisuk/bg _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold