THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THEM

Branko Miliskovic

Photography - UV print on Alubond

120 x 150 x 3 cm

A photographic work entitled “THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THEM” was created as a reaction to the period of a global pandemic. Modern humanity found itself in a state of bewilderment when, through the Internet, online media and social networks, a pandemic of disinformation, fake and unverified news began to spread, and brought public information to a state of complete dubiousness. Online platforms, which are a paradigm of virtual democracy, have provided great opportunities to various manipulators to create public discourse based on contradictory statements, digressions, the power of persuasion of gullible and confused people, creating a dangerous situation in which it is impossible to distinguish true information from false information. At the same time, a mass media, driven by profits, started distributing a large amount of information, news, analysis and research, forming a cacophony that led many people to a state of chronic anxiety, fear, and often complete nihilism. We could say that many people no longer had a vision of the future. Somehow, almost overnight, a war broke out between Russia and Ukraine. Corona crisis was no longer the main topic. This work is an embodiment and depiction of hypocrisy, socio-political manipulation and mass control, asking the question: to whom this kind of future actually belongs? Photography and postproduction. Danilo Mataruga, 2021/22, Edition 9 + 2 A/P Edition 1 / 2 AP, The Belgrade City Museum collection, 2023 More: https://brankomiliskovic.wordpress.com/the-future-belongs-to-them/