8Petros [humanity is teamwork]_ on Nostr: David August All these Luigi pics from the police came with a baked-in prescription ...
David August (nprofile…e5ld)
All these Luigi pics from the police came with a baked-in prescription for how the public should interpret them. By steadfastly refusing to read these images the way authority wanted them to be read, and proudly proclaiming their counter-readings through memes, posters performed a kind of civil disobedience. Remixing a mugshot into a thirst trap or beatific portrait of a saint is a potent gesture, and it’s only possible when an image is so obviously tailored to mean another way.
All these Luigi pics from the police came with a baked-in prescription for how the public should interpret them. By steadfastly refusing to read these images the way authority wanted them to be read, and proudly proclaiming their counter-readings through memes, posters performed a kind of civil disobedience. Remixing a mugshot into a thirst trap or beatific portrait of a saint is a potent gesture, and it’s only possible when an image is so obviously tailored to mean another way.