Ryne Morse
3 April 2016
The World's Fair Response
The
World’s Fair has always been a beautiful experience as far as cutting edge
designs, rapidly changing cultures and motifs, and also the desire for more
evolution. This is displayed beautifully in the three fair posters that were
presented in the lecture, one from the 19th century and then the
next two from the 20’s and 30’s. We see the 19th century poster
reflecting a representation of an ancient statue, to show an interest in
traditionalism. The next on the other hand, shows a century of change celebrating
the advancements we have made in the last several years. Finally then, the
latest of the three looks very futuristic, showing the idea of modernism in
this fair. Furthermore, many times a World’s Fair will be strategically set to
boost the popularity of culture native to the host country. For example, I
happened to be in Milan this last summer while the 2015 Expo was going on, and
experiencing the whole atmosphere was such a culture shock. To see so many
people from different backgrounds coming together, being introduced to the
Italian culture in a positive way made it enjoyable for everyone. The food,
decorations, posters and banners; all celebrated human growth as a whole, but
the growth of this certain region in the country as well. All in all, I would
say World’s Fairs are a light and fun way to celebrate the inventions of
tomorrow, and also the achievements of yesterday on a grand scale. While the
money may be the important part for the big business conglomerates now, I like
to think that at one time, everyone enjoyed attending this grand event to more
or less, “see what everyone else was up to.”
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