What I've been seeing going on -- and it's exciting that it might be changing even though it will be painful -- is this whole culture driven by consu… - Andrea Zittel
" "What I've been seeing going on -- and it's exciting that it might be changing even though it will be painful -- is this whole culture driven by consumption on every level. Not just monetary consumption, but consumption of experiences and time. I feel that as a culture that most of us are incapable of slowing down and having a real experience. You keep thinking that if you get another house or take another vacation or that if you make more money, that it will free you up. But it becomes a larger and larger web of entrapment.
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About Andrea Zittel
Andrea Zittel (born 1965) is an artist based in Joshua Tree, California.
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