☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoSolar Punk is just another version of the Nordic modellemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square249linkfedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down19cross-posted to: socialism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up189arrow-down1imageSolar Punk is just another version of the Nordic modellemmygrad.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square249linkfedilinkcross-posted to: socialism@lemmygrad.ml
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoif we zoom in really hard there’s a person behind the sing whom we can’t see entirely doing productive work, really celebrating labour there lmfao
minus-squareEsoteir [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoi was responding to you saying “labour is entirely invisible in pretty much all the solar-punk aesthetic”
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd you chose the pic that literally hides the labourer to drive this point home 🤣
minus-squareEsoteir [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoit is one of the four images i chose, and the labourer is visible in the picture, not “entirely invisible” as you said
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoin fact, you could even say the labourer is obscured and tastefully hidden away as not to ruin the scenery
minus-squareEsoteir [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoi was able to see the gondolier
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoyou’re doing a lot of mental gymnastics there in order to avoid acknowledging my point I see
minus-squareEsoteir [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agois your point is that the gondolier shouldn’t have had a sign between them and the viewer?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoMy point is that the gondolier is very clearly not the central aspect of the work, and is in no way being celebrated in that picture. The fact that the person is obscured behind a sign clearly shows that they lack any importance in the scene.
if we zoom in really hard there’s a person behind the sing whom we can’t see entirely doing productive work, really celebrating labour there lmfao
i was responding to you saying “labour is entirely invisible in pretty much all the solar-punk aesthetic”
And you chose the pic that literally hides the labourer to drive this point home 🤣
it is one of the four images i chose, and the labourer is visible in the picture, not “entirely invisible” as you said
in fact, you could even say the labourer is obscured and tastefully hidden away as not to ruin the scenery
i was able to see the gondolier
you’re doing a lot of mental gymnastics there in order to avoid acknowledging my point I see
is your point is that the gondolier shouldn’t have had a sign between them and the viewer?
My point is that the gondolier is very clearly not the central aspect of the work, and is in no way being celebrated in that picture. The fact that the person is obscured behind a sign clearly shows that they lack any importance in the scene.