Today, a street artist shows us what it would have looked like if the relationship status of Romeo and Juliet had been updated on Facebook.
The poster features a regular post that would show up on one's news feed -- Juliet Capulet is 'now is a relationship' and 'it's complicated'. As shorthand as Facebook is, it is amazing how accurately her story is summed up in those few short words. To add a touch of humor, the artist makes sure to include a 'Like' from the one and only, Romeo Montague.
Facebook is being used in so many innovative ways to represent events in the past (especially with their Timeline feature), but though it is cool, as seen in this case, it definitely takes the romance and passion out of any story.
What's Driving This Trend
- Historical Social Media Updates
- Disruptive innovation opportunities lie in creating new ways to represent historical events using social media platforms like Facebook.
- Creative Street Art
- Disruptive innovation opportunities can be explored in merging traditional street art with elements of popular culture, such as social media icons.
- Humorous Social Commentary
- Disruptive innovation opportunities exist in using humor and satire to critique the way social media impacts storytelling and human relationships.
Who This Affects Most
- Social Media
- Disruptive innovation opportunities can be harnessed by social media platforms like Facebook to provide new features and tools for representing historical events in engaging ways.
- Street Art
- Disruptive innovation opportunities exist in the street art industry to incorporate elements of popular culture and technology to create interactive and thought-provoking art pieces.
- Entertainment and Media
- Disruptive innovation opportunities can be explored within the entertainment and media industry to develop new formats and platforms that merge traditional storytelling with the influence of social media.
