If art is considered either a hammer or a mirror then I would say that feed is both. Feed is a mirror in that it represents the way are society has become with constant fixation on digital and the lack of awareness of the world around us. Feed is also a hammer in that it gets people to think about what we as citizens can do to make ourselves more involved in the things that really matter, such as our representatives, our environment, and the overall stability of the world.
Feed is also art because of the brilliance of the writing. The author puts in references to out modern world throughout the book but 9 out of 10 people probably wouldn't automatically see that unless they were analyzing the book from a certain perspective.
When I do my own art on a related topic I think that I will do a video mini documentry about how the digital age has affected the the young people of the world and wheather it has been a good or bad addition to the world. This relates to Feed because it puts the oppoinions of the book to test.
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