Supermarket – Our Next Savanna
Koert van MensvoortWe are living in the future and we find it boring. The best place to gather evidence for this claim ...
Humans evolved in an environment where food had to be gathered & hunted. As we are evolutionary still attuned to this way of food finding, in many respect the concept of the supermarket is just as outlandish for us as for a caveman. If only the supermarket wasn’t such a mundane part of our life, we would realize how exceptional this environment really is: the supermarket is our next savanna.
The short film Kapitaal gives you an impression of the enormous amount of visual stimuli that plague us every day. Created by Studio Smack.
News stations and websites show what happens before a big storm hits: supermarkets run out of water bread and other staples....
Indeed the supermarket is our next savanna. Peculiar image of the week. Thanks Jeroen....