Exchanges in Real Spaces & Virtual Spaces

I would like to illustrate the notion Spaces and Exchanges. First and foremost i would like to give a definition. An exchange is the act of giving or receiving something in substitution for something else. Exchanging has become easier nowadays thanks to the development of the internet. Thanks to the development of internet we are becoming closer and closer to each other. Thanks to it, we discover new ways of thinking. We become more open minded. 

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE INTERNET IS GONE ?!

This video was a collaboration of Buzzfeed and Hyundai. It was published on Youtube the 30 of septembre 2015. 

We can see a woman and a man on a car, were they're watching through hidden cameras an internet caffe, and they're communicating through microphones with the waitress.

As long as the video goes on, some customers abandon the cafe when the internet is gone. Whereas, some other start to communicate with each other. They first stay in their world, but when the waitress brings toys in, they start playing with each other, like if they were in a playground. Once the internet is back, they continue playing, and they even start singing all together a song that they've writing.

We can conclude, that exchanging information by the internet has became such a big part of our live that once it's gone, some don't know what to do. Nevertheless, a bigger part still know how to communicate in real life. 

This cartoon is titled world vision, it was published in 2013. This cartoon shows a globalized world. Every single item that this family is having/wearing, is from somewhere around the world. At the same time, the kid is traveling somewhere else.

Our modern-day world is changing quickly and seems to be a smaller place due to improvements in technology and communication, but also due to marchandise traveling all around the world. We are becoming similar to each other, but at the same time we still keep our individualities.

We can say that this cartoon portrays globalization. Nevertheless, the mom says "don't forget to text or email when you get there". Which indirectly mean that even though he will travel probably to a new place, he will stay connected and probably will continue looking down in his phone.

The fist document shows what happens when our virtual world "colapse" and we're left with nothing else but the real world. Whereas the second document shows how in the real world we can keep in touch with the whole world without travelling. I think that this two document can be related. The people in the video are drinking coffee and wearing clothes from probably somewhere else around the word, just like in the cartoon. We don't need the internet to exchange with the world. However, internet is still showed as something vital to communicate, the mum says to her kid to write her an email, and in the coffeeshop where some customers start interacting with each other, the woman and men look surprised.

To put it in a nutshell, i would like reaffirm the connection between these to documents. I've chosen them, because they show that our world is a globalized one, not just because of what we wear or eat, but also because of the internet