ah, the internet knows all its creators want everything to digitize, everything, the hot commodity in this global experiment. our data, smart devices are embedded in our daily lives tracking where every life we headed to a futuristic utopia, poor but digitize the nightmare. the internet of everything starts january 17th on d, w ah, she threw possession turkish tv series or soft power, and to help spread turkish culture and language her banjo,

i go off so you get upset with just so much with ah, pilcher is powerful. it shapes the way we see the worlds and introduces us to new ones. from the movies and the series we watch. oh, all it. yeah. wow. what was that? the books we read live video games, we play the art that makes us stop and think goes on

to the music we listen to today. the balance of pop coaches power has shifted to reflect to our multi polar waldron. okay. comes from all corners of the globe. kids everywhere from puerto rico, to saudi arabia grow up, watching japanese animate, grown up versions of international books off his head. now, don't be free and master. and even big a draw is bully woods. the indian, hindi language film industry based in mum by bollywood is world's largest producer film sundays the last 20 years. the whole world has fallen hard fritz chums with stars such as shah rukh con. now household names heading further east recent years have also seen

a global craze for south korean culture. one day it began with tv shows in the early 21st century, then how you the korean wave washed over the world, encompassing everything from online games to cause cosmetics, and consumer electronics. with writing on its crest was of course came home with by 2012 at the very latest k pop caught on with western audiences when rapper science single gangnam style went viral. becoming the 1st youtube video to reach 1000000000 views but size success pales in comparison to the biggest sensation from south korea of all time b t s. the group debuted in 2013 and went on to have an meteoric rise to global

super stardom. aunt's $21.00 takes a trip around the world to find out which other pop culture phenomena have transcended borders to broaden the cultural horizons of international audiences. the new afro futurism artists that turning to sign fi and fantasy to explore black culture and identity. we traced the roots of political st out to mexico's famous murals. but 1st we had to is stumble to discover why turkish t v shows a breaking ratings records everywhere from chile to pakistan. blue is stand, bull is a city with a popular sion of over 15000000 in easement some 100 kilometers away the turkish tv channel t r t is filming the series. the last emperor.

it's about the life and times of abdul hamid. the 2nd, the last powerful ottoman sultan the action begins in 1896. when abdul 100 is fighting on all fronts, against european powers, domestic revolutionaries, and a range of other opponents. they all want the same thing to bring down his awesome and empire. between a 100 and a 150 minutes a produced each week. soon, 5 seasons will have been shot. the series has been a runaway success in turkey, but also in many other countries. valente now who plays the sultan explains what he thinks makes it so popular. shrink of is this region between the mediterranean, the gene, the middle east of the arab world, all inside of as, as in europe, auster other is in asia mix as a bridge between it all through j. a between this country has seen many

civilizations for that we have many different stories and emotions and expressions that can touch people's hearts. one, 0, turkey has become the world's 2nd biggest exposure of tv shows off to hollywood, known as disease. these turkish series have an especially big fan base in pakistan . resurrection air to rule about the founding of the ottoman empire in the 13th century is showing here in this cafe dubbed into or do a lot of the new love l i n a linux. ah, it's common for whole families together to watch the turkey series together. this is her tv show that details how that was smart dynasty. one of the greatest dentistry in history was formed. and these type of slamming historical t v shows are getting a lot of popularity in pakistan,

mostly because of we lack this type of content here at the will q important montez . your letter is and i want my kids to watch this show is because of one character in particular cold even robbie who is a spiritual advisor because ah, what, just a check that he does see conveys the message of islam. so my 10 year old daughter can understand at some, just that he has said to be exact, i using it's easy language, got the head, but, but easy language. but not everybody is such a fan. some critics claim that in these t v dramas, history is being falsified for political purposes. and they accused the government of turkish president rich. yep. type ada, one of using disease to glorify the ottoman empire and islam while defaming religious minorities and undermining democracy. oh, they say the last emperor is revisionist and historically inaccurate.

in 2 seasons of the series. one of the sultan's arch enemies is tad or hetzel, the founder of political zionism, and seem to be the spiritual father of the state of israel. these defeated as a devious and perfidious schema. turkeys regulatory authorities for radio in t. v. do control what can and cannot be filmed. sex is not allowed, nor are drugs or swear words her homosexuality is to boo. masculinity and strength are celebrated. isn't human for the hyde other the you the american can other are currently 7 mainstream channels. they all struggle with censorship. the main problem is that the rules are not clear. helen, no one knows what's allowed and what isn't her? just all of the normal does. i'm if you don't know what might be penalized,

you are on the side of caution or writers producers, so they start to censor themselves. more money market, possibly even more strictly the necessary and that's dangerous if i think y'all on table ya much. oh cool. is the producer of chuckle, pool the pit, which is about an influential mafia family in a dangerous extendable neighbourhood. it too is popular all over the world. and turkish series and not only popular in pakistan which is largely muslim. but also in sheila, which is mainly catholic isabel rodriguez, purchases turkish series for that she lay in channel t v n. and then ya, with that as a nancy up again, they resonate allots me because the stories are about every day problem with the they are universal stories and yet it doesn't matter whether they're setting

a tacky and is sample or in santiago, chile. it's so nike yet, these topics that speak to women in particular, if i go for a day and prize the main audience battalion of allison and would use these might be shows that features strong women and families to that. but ultimately, it's men who have to say what i can edit one's turkey is a patriarchal country since there is arise and conservatism, not only in turkey, but also the world and i live are starting to notice. let's get back here. maybe it has reached the he couldn't, of conservatism, is known to klein again today off, but because these turkish shows are in a way star, i like to do other watched by families all over the world. ah, however, these turkish series are interpreted. they are clearly a breathtaking success. long jacqueline wash and elegant and de sales are expected

to reach over a 1000000000 us dollars in the next 2 years. ah . television drama, as soft power. a reminder that pop culture and politics are inextricably linked to take the growing popularity of afro futurism and artistic movement using the language in aesthetics of science fiction to explore the black experience in the art of cyrus code bureau, discarded technology is given new life abandon radios become space, age communication, device, rusting, fixed gear bicycles, called black mumbled, are turned into sculptures that could have been left here by an alien civilization . bureau had been making our for years before a gallery in italy gave it a li,

afro future. i dunno about a full feature that my 1st hope to hear. there was a for future a series of eye glasses called c stunners made copyright famous, constructed from trash collected on his travels. there are mash up of different cultural traditions for me after that is of for future light. it's a combination of different culture. different material will differ from like global material. it's how something new quantity. you to be a little more awfully. can they look more asia? no, it's more awful feature kind of via a series of pictures from kenyan photographer osborne ma cerio re imagines kenya's legendary mouth independence fighters as high tech opticians who helped overthrow

colonialism for much area afro futurism is about reclaiming an african past either stolen or forgotten. and all the african countries from utopia were colonized and people didn't get to settle. see that history or see themselves in the history or a lot of that history was not documented or was his models are those ignored or abandoned by society. nairobi underground fight club imagines a math mac style secret society of short factored wards who wanted to do something that has to do with people of short to touch on people who have never been documented. or when they're documented, it's always formed a sort of like a point of view of t t. it's like you're teaching them for who they are. and so i wanted to,

she picked up that narrative to transform tupelo shop starter into fighter heroic images defy the mostly negative view of africa. theme in western media. we do have that issue, but our issues don't, don't have to revolve around poverty from 90. he wore this tory that we can tell that sort of give different perspectives my walking owners boys always be confident . the message will be a boy's perception of africa with black panther, hollywood finally gave the world a new perspective on africa. people here a movie set in the high tech africa land of what conduct brought out for future them to the main stream. much of the film success with the cost ships. it's designed by oscar winner roof e card together with black, happy director. right. who got transitioned a futuristic african start carter's outfit on display the scad museum of fashion and film in atlanta by an african tradition with science fiction. queen

armando crowd inspired by traditionals who hat was made on the 3 d printer, female warriors the door. i'm a large a. we are traditional beating and leather harnesses. similar to those found in the math, i tried together these outfit. imagine and plenty the future for africa, unscarred they call me you will form the galaxy, the pop star. beyonce taps into the d vein of afro future them for her visual album . black is king, the combining african myth science fiction and the political momentum of the black lives matter movement. she invokes a vision of black culture, both all encompassing and triumphantly female, the another singer bringing afo futurism to the masses is janelle manet artistic, alter ego cindy may weather is a robot who sinned by falling in love,

inspired by freaked lines. metropolis monet uses android as a stand in for the marginalized and the oppressed, and the tropes of science fiction. to imagine a future where black and white, queer and straight, and freaks of all varieties come together to part i the world away from hollywood in boucher nigeria. afa futurism is also taking root. a new generation of african artists is looking at their own culture from a new angle, comic book artist, the g mckinney credit black panther aqua card before. no, i've been known to be for about the a 3rd world country. and then black panther bring seats to

the 4th floor and i think was the power that if completely loaded with technology, it was my blue africans everywhere with wow. in his comics mckindoe's uses sy fi and fantasy to address real world issues of political power, corruption and abuse. lucky lou sat in 2050 ag imagine africa as a world power battling on the global stage alongside china and the u. s. what panther may have brought acro futurism to the mainstream. but mckinney believes the next wave of storytelling will be home growth. that won't talk about, act preparatory, isn't it? like up in the fixture of 45 points? technology science fiction ish, an african natalie's african traditions. and african culture,

the culture denito. ology, are more regional and attentive from. yeah. because we are more connected to that. which spacious modeled on, senegalese fishing, both with a post apocalyptic world inspired by west african folklore. as in bob leon superhero, just some of the comics published by qu golly, media, which brings the best an afro futurist art and animation to the world. wealth of stories in that is absolutely insane, right? just so much in there. and you can be honest with you all week if it was good to listen to the disney is listening, the hollywood drive is backing you. was you a sy fi animated theories crated by who calling details of the plot are still part secret. the 33 my thought because as fiction story taking place in the lead goes

and gonna go to the middle class in the quad t o. other seems a very careful. yeah. yeah. that's all i can separate out. whether in comics, movies, music, or design, the art of afro futurism combines tradition with imagination to envision a brighter future for africa and the world ah. time now to look at another movement that presented a powerful vision of the few chap some 100 years ago. we traced the roots of the political st. talk now found all over the world to mexican mutinous am ah, some images make it into the history books while others even wind up for sale on the arm market like the works of british st artist bank,

seen during the corona virus pandemic, st. houses have been spraying their reactions to the current situation, turning the walls of buildings into forums for public discourse. they have their origins in latin america, in the history of mexico, around the time of the mexican revolution. in the early 20th century, a new art phone was born moore listman. it picked up on the social demands of the revolution, often painted on the walls of public buildings, murals depicted modern mexican valleys. to day, these works hang in a museum in mexico city and wearily. mommy, he cannot say little nichol murell isn't. is the only mexican art movement to achieve international success and remain topical to this day longer? people still speak about morales mold. i'm most and blend. it's incredible. but in the year 2021,

we still have the same messages. it says it's these murals were completely contemporary like on board councils as him was. we see the in a call see between the social classes. when are that in there? and then what alea's, mother murals most moving theme, which has lost none of its power or controversy to this day is the struggle for power. but one of them became difficult. i'm in the ispa lieutenant boyer, the mexican government of that era. turned to the greatest artists of the day, diego rivera, david al farro see carols and jose clemente oroscoe. they were to convey revolutionary ideas by means of public paintings, mexico's pri, hispanic, past all but forgotten during the centuries, the spanish colonial rule returned to the spotlight. this was art which aimed to change the world. at that time, the majority of mexicans were illiterate. so those who commissioned the works thought people would understand pictures more than words, aren't acted as a facilitator. at the moment of the alarm line,

bench on the pin dell of this movement also intended to paint the walls of school library to introduce children and youth to revolutionary messages. when neil this advice was as if the lemonade i like ever since then murals have been you have to convey political statements to the people in point to this very day. whatever's uniform. we have a deep connection to and direct relationship with murals. you know, la la la, on the lake that cannot buy this back then mirrorless no, never emancipated itself from the state. many works glorified communist ideals. though in 1024, when public funding was withdrawn, the movement ran out of steam. this is the working class neighborhood of colonia doctors in the 1970s. it was quite rundown in 2014. the mexican government once again commissioned young artists to brighten up the quarter. both of them were left on their feet orderly. these murals were realised with total creative freedom or

you samuel hop on level assistance, chose your themes by looking around the neighborhood and painting things that give the people here sense of belong yonder, ambient causes contracts. the things that make people proud of their neighborhood channel is confusing, but obviously audible uses as they are in mexico is considered the birthplace of the, of an art movement. from here it spread through the rest of north america and europe before making its way around the world. st. helena, in all its facets, is now an integral part of the global aren't seen. large format paintings which cover entire buildings a part of the flare of big city life events like berlin's mural fest transform urban centers into open ag galleries and he, a women don't rank behind them. male colleagues, many murals remain political like those which grace the international brave wall project. last february in berlin, this mural was dedicated to murdered brazilian women's rights activists. mary ella franklin as saint louis of her pro fail,

oh was the oh possibilities of women chose and fired, which you can see in all of the small characters. so it's basically about our free human rights also for women, you can be a scientist to can be a musician. you can be a leader is just about free choice. mexico's new neuro list movement also appreciates freedom of expression and is wary of government propaganda. the brothers mice and apps have already realised major projects commissioned by the city, including painting an entire subway station. we met them at a private property in the colonia doctor's neighbourhood, in justice and inequality as still hot topics in mexico. but sometimes that tackled unconsciously. i was his have been billed on times. i painted the things that i only later realised had a message. i wasn't conscious of having put in their bill another times. there are

things hidden away in paintings that you only discover by doing them soon as can the philip into that k will not have outdoor. this korean that. busy i was a de la fundamental molasses. was part of him block one the been day. one example is the building of the choir tomorrow. metro station bay, which i painted together with my brother, lay my hand on. we wanted to paint this emblematic image. are you like the national symbol of the eagle worker, swallowing the serpent canyon? because we had the feeling that this image exerted a strong influence on society. he was call only somehow if we did it the other way around, back on we're like, was no longer the eagles, swallowing the serpent. but now more like a fight last year to one of my brother. and i have completely different ways of painting didn't. when i for my been that a movie, and when we got painting the mural together, we needed to understand one another, they pull them, it was a battle of ideas. what perceptions and shapes going. but they, they, they asked whether consciously or unconsciously, the mexican st. artists of to day are influenced by their predecessors. a few

artists collective still explicitly aimed to effect social change light lepus dolah from the mexican state of war haka. they highlights injustice and take a stand, including for the rights of women in mexico. and thanks to muriel if mow their means of expression is now a global cultural phenomenon. it's clearly visible. symbols and images, service warnings, protest and food for thought. mm . around the world in pop culture. that's it for this edition of arts. 21. see you next week with ah

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