In today’s visual culture, the cell phone has enabled the general public to take photos everywhere, even at rock concerts where the open cell phone also replaces the traditional “lighting of the lighters” during ballads. Discuss the impact of the cell phone, going beyond the obvious connection to communications and focusing instead on the visual impact. AND In what ways have new technologies (computers, etc.) changed art practices? Is this for better or for worse? How have these new technologies changed our viewing practices?