Question 1

____________ involves the use of tiny dots spaced closely or widely, and sometimes overlapping, to create fields of varying color and tonal range.
A) The Ben-Day technique
B) The Gutenberg method
C) Lithography
D) Woodblock printing

Accepted Answer

The Ben-Day technique involves the use of dots, usually of four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), to create varying shades and tones within an image. The dots can be spaced closely or widely and overlap to create different effects.

Question 2

____________ cultures, in which people are dispersed across national boundaries and continents, are linked in part by global media cultures.
A) Marginal
B) Postcolonial
C) Diasporic
D) Globalized

Accepted Answer

Diasporic cultures refer to communities of people who have migrated from their homeland and are dispersed across different countries and continents. These communities often maintain strong cultural connections to their homeland and to each other, facilitated in part by global media cultures. Marginal cultures (A) refer to those that have been pushed to the margins of mainstream society, while postcolonial cultures (B) refer to those that have emerged in the aftermath of colonialism. Globalized cultures (D) are those that have been influenced by globalization processes, but may not necessarily involve dispersed communities.

Question 3

While ____________ may be dismissed by some as "merely" ideological and therefore harmless, theorists such as Herbert Schiller argue that ideology is a powerful means through which a country's population could be transformed into subjects who think and feel in ways that conform to the national interests of the invading country.
A) the distribution of the sensible
B) globalization
C) cultural imperialism
D) the Bilbao effect

Accepted Answer

The concept of cultural imperialism refers to the domination of one culture over another, often through the exportation of media and cultural products from dominant countries to weaker ones. Scholars such as Schiller argue that this exportation of culture can have ideological implications, as it can shape the beliefs and values of the populations who consume it. Therefore, while some may view cultural imperialism as harmless, in reality, it can be a powerful means of shaping global perceptions and establishing cultural dominance.

Question 4

____________ was obsessed with the idea that an actual photograph of the Earth would reinforce the imperative to respect and protect it.
A) Stewart Brand
B) Lisa Parks
C) Arjun Appardui
D) William Anders

Accepted Answer

Stewart Brand was the individual who was obsessed with the idea that an actual photograph of the Earth would reinforce the imperative to respect and protect it. He believed that seeing the Earth as a whole, from space, would prompt a profound shift in people's perception of their place in the universe, fostering a sense of global unity and responsibility towards environmental conservation. This led to his campaign for NASA to release images of the Earth from space, which eventually contributed to the widespread dissemination of the iconic "Blue Marble" photo.

Question 5

The ____________ film industry is a multibillion-dollar industry that produces over a thousand films a year, all of which are filmed and edited on digital media and released directly to DVD.
A) Egyptian
B) Indian
C) Hong Kong
D) Nigerian

Accepted Answer

The Nigerian film industry, also known as Nollywood, is known for producing a large number of films annually, primarily using digital media for filming and editing, and releasing them directly to DVD.

Question 6

Manuel Castells named the use of digital social networks by contemporary social movements a ____________ revolution because interactive and self-configurable communication strategies allow movements to be less hierarchal and more participatory.
A) transnational
B) rhizomatic
C) indigenous
D) sensible

Accepted Answer

Manuel Castells coined the term "rhizomatic revolution" to describe the use of digital social networks by contemporary social movements. This term refers to the movement's ability to be less hierarchical and more participatory due to interactive and self-configurable communication strategies. This type of revolution is characterized by a decentralized structure in which power and decision-making are distributed among members rather than being concentrated in a few leaders or organizations.

Question 7

Romuald Hazoumé's La Bouche du Roi (2005) acknowledges the ____________ culture of Benin's residents, who repurpose and reuse plastic cans that are part of a black market in oil between neighboring Nigeria and his native country.
A) deterritorial
B) appropriative
C) bricolage
D) pastiche

Accepted Answer

La Bouche du Roi represents the practice of bricolage, which refers to the creation of new objects or art forms from found or recycled materials, reflecting the resourcefulness and creativity of the local Benin culture.

Question 8

Which image is used by Nicholas Merzoeff as an example of Anthropocene visuality?
A) Nasa's Whole Earth (1972)
B) Claude Monet's Impression: Sun Rising (1873)
C) Estudio Teddy Cruz + Forman's Manufactured Sites: A Housing Urbanism Made of Waste (2005)
D) Utagawa Kunisada's woodblock print (1857)

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which image is used by Nicholas Merzoeff...

Question 9

What is one negative repercussion cited by this book of the prevalence of stock photography in news publications?
A) Fewer professional photographers are paid livable wages.
B) Stock images are a tool of cultural imperialism.
C) Public demand for higher quality makes images increasingly difficult to reproduce.
D) Source information is easily lost.

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is one negative repercussion cited by...

Question 10

Artists associated with ____________ created satellite art projects in which performers separated by great distances and time zones performed "together" live.
A) Fluxus
B) Occupy Wall Street
C) the Global Ultra Luxury Faction
D) the Zapatistas

Accepted Answer

Fluxus artists, who were known for their experimental and often collaborative approach to art, created satellite art projects that involved performers from different locations performing simultaneously via satellite technology. This allowed for real-time interaction and collaboration between artists who were separated by great distances and time zones.

Question 11

Lisa Parks argues that satellites helped to create a "global presence" in which "developing nations could only ____________ if they were in range of American, Western European, or Japanese satellite television signals, earth stations, or networks."
A) take advantage of contemporary surveillance society
B) claim themselves as modern
C) participate in global flows of culture
D) resist globalization

Accepted Answer

The answer of Lisa Parks argues that satellites helped to...

Question 12

Visual activism troubles the distribution of the sensible by ____________.
A) embracing the use of both technological modernization and grassroots mobilization
B) altering format programming to fit local tastes and production budgets while staying within genre codes
C) rendering visible and heard the images and voices of those who have been designated as invisible
D) creating poetic gestures that use words as war rather than words for war

Accepted Answer

Visual activism challenges the dominant narratives and makes visible the voices and images of those who have been marginalized and rendered invisible. It seeks to trouble the distribution of the sensible by disrupting the existing power structures and creating alternative ways of seeing and understanding the world.

Question 13

In April 2016, the GULF (Global Ultra Luxury Faction) artist group projected images of the Guggenheim museum's trustees and protest slogans onto the exterior of the Guggenheim in New York. What was the purpose of this action?
A) to end the franchising of cultural institutions
B) to expose the petro-capital behind the museum's Abu Dhabi branch
C) to force the Guggenheim to return foreign artworks collected illicitly during times of war and imperial expansion
D) to demand that the museum pay decent wages to the workers building its Abu Dhabi museum

Accepted Answer

The action was aimed at highlighting labor issues, specifically to demand fair wages and working conditions for the workers involved in the construction of the Guggenheim's Abu Dhabi museum.

Question 14

If we can say that visual culture was the paradigmatic form of the twentieth century, what does this book propose as the paradigmatic form of the twenty-first century?
A) museum franchises
B) television program formats
C) engineering and the built environment
D) borders

Accepted Answer

The book proposes that engineering and the built environment will be the paradigmatic form of the twenty-first century. This is because the twenty-first century is marked by a focus on sustainability and ecological concerns, which requires innovative and thoughtful engineering and design of our built environment. Additionally, the globalization of the world has led to large-scale infrastructure projects across the globe, further cementing engineering and the built environment as a defining feature of our time.

Question 15

On May 16, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission ruled to repeal net neutrality laws, which include preventing Internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking users' access to legal content and accepting payment to prioritize certain data. With whose prediction for the future of the Internet does this most closely align?
A) Manuel Castells
B) Arjun Appardui
C) Robert McChesney
D) Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart

Accepted Answer

Robert McChesney has argued that the repeal of net neutrality laws would lead to a tiered internet, where ISPs can charge users and companies for faster access to online content.

Question 16

La Reina del Sur (The Queen of the South), a Spanish-language telenovela produced by American, Spanish-language network Telemundo, premiered in 2011. It quickly achieved huge popularity, its finale averaging nearly 4.2 million viewers. In the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, the finale was second in its timeslot regardless of language. Due to its success, USA Networks released the English-language Queen of the South in 2016. Its development as an English-language show after its success in the Spanish-language market parallels the production of ____________.
A) Ugly Betty
B) Dallas
C) Al Jazeera.
D) CNN

Accepted Answer

The development of Ugly Betty as an English-language show after its success in the Spanish-language market, where it was originally produced in Colombia as Yo soy Betty, la fea, is similar to the production of Queen of the South.

Question 17

In 2014, the American non-profit organization Reuse Everything began implementing an idea to reduce the waste of plastic bottles while aiding impoverished people forced to live in small houses with inadequate roofing, such as tin or thatched grass. By cutting up a plastic bottle, flattening it with a simple, hand-cranked machine, and ultimately fusing it to other sheets, a roof is constructed that is water-resistant, has ventilation, minimizes sound, and lasts longer than most materials used. Due to the ubiquity of plastic bottles, this practice is an example of ____________.
A) speculative landscapes
B) pastiche
C) bricolage
D) appropriation

Accepted Answer

The practice of cutting up plastic bottles to make a roof is an example of bricolage, which is the use of whatever materials are available to create something new and useful.

Question 18

The hacktivist group Anonymous produces videos featuring a person in a Guy Fawkes mask. When a video is released with this masked "star," Anonymous is presumed to be the producer. Which group used a similar tactic in the negotiation of its global image?
A) Occupy Wall Street
B) the Black Panthers
C) the Gulf Labor Coalition
D) the Zapatista National Liberation Army

Accepted Answer

The Zapatista National Liberation Army used a similar tactic by utilizing Subcomandante Marcos, a masked spokesperson, in their efforts to negotiate their global image.

Question 19

In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was beaten to death for supposedly flirting with a white woman at a convenience store. He was beaten so badly that his face was left horrifically disfigured. Till's mother chose to have an open casket funeral for her son, forcing those who saw him to confront the atrocities of racism in America. Widespread images of Till in his casket were credited with galvanizing the civil rights movement. ____________ had a similar iconic effect, prompting broad popular discourse and action in a social movement.
A) NASA's Whole Earth
B) Connie Samara's Workers Checking Fountain Nozzles I
C) William Heath's "A Pair of Broad Bottoms"
D) Google Earth's Reefs at Risk in the Coral Triangle Revisited

Accepted Answer

NASA's Whole Earth is credited with helping to spark the environmental movement in the 1960s and 1970s by providing a new perspective on the fragile nature of our planet and the need for global action to protect it.

Question 20

Cuban performance and installation artist Tania Bruguera uses the term Arte Útil (Useful Art) to describe the core of her practice for the past ten years. Initiatives labeled Arte Útil must propose new uses for art within society; challenge the field within which it operates, responding to current urgencies; be implemented and function in real situations; replace authors with initiators and spectators with users; have practical, beneficial outcomes for its users; pursue sustainability while adapting to changing conditions; and reestablish aesthetics as a system of transformation. Whose work from Chapter 10 most closely meets the qualifications for Arte Útil?
A) Connie Samaras
B) Stewart Brand
C) Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Coco Fusco
D) Electronic Disturbance Theater

Accepted Answer

The answer of Cuban performance and installation artist Tania Bruguera...

Quiz 10: The Global Flow of Visual Culture

____________ involves the use of tiny dots spaced closely or widely, and sometimes overlapping, to create fields of varying color and tonal range.

____________ cultures, in which people are dispersed across national boundaries and continents, are linked in part by global media cultures.

____________ was obsessed with the idea that an actual photograph of the Earth would reinforce the imperative to respect and protect it.

The ____________ film industry is a multibillion-dollar industry that produces over a thousand films a year, all of which are filmed and edited on digital media and released directly to DVD.

Manuel Castells named the use of digital social networks by contemporary social movements a ____________ revolution because interactive and self-configurable communication strategies allow movements to be less hierarchal and more participatory.

Romuald Hazoumé's La Bouche du Roi (2005) acknowledges the ____________ culture of Benin's residents, who repurpose and reuse plastic cans that are part of a black market in oil between neighboring Nigeria and his native country.

Which image is used by Nicholas Merzoeff as an example of Anthropocene visuality?

What is one negative repercussion cited by this book of the prevalence of stock photography in news publications?

Artists associated with ____________ created satellite art projects in which performers separated by great distances and time zones performed "together" live.

Lisa Parks argues that satellites helped to create a "global presence" in which "developing nations could only ____________ if they were in range of American, Western European, or Japanese satellite television signals, earth stations, or networks."

Visual activism troubles the distribution of the sensible by ____________.

In April 2016, the GULF (Global Ultra Luxury Faction) artist group projected images of the Guggenheim museum's trustees and protest slogans onto the exterior of the Guggenheim in New York. What was the purpose of this action?

If we can say that visual culture was the paradigmatic form of the twentieth century, what does this book propose as the paradigmatic form of the twenty-first century?

The hacktivist group Anonymous produces videos featuring a person in a Guy Fawkes mask. When a video is released with this masked "star," Anonymous is presumed to be the producer. Which group used a similar tactic in the negotiation of its global image?