La influencia de la tecnología y los videojuegos, una propuesta desde el arte

Abstract

This project responds to a social problem, where its main point is directed at the facial deterioration of the appearance of children and adolescents, caused by the excessive use of technological means. At the beginning of the 21st century, globalization, the Internet and new technologies have progressed considerably in the world, being beneficial in the field of education and entertainment; however, the human being has misused this benefit. Today, there is a large percentage of parents who instead of educating and teaching their children prefer to evade responsibility and give their children tablets, smartphones and video games, thinking they do them a good, but children who are not in control by adults abuse the use of these devices and cause an addiction that leads to the loss of the notion of childhood. Parks, streets and outdoor entertainment centres lack the presence of children; The reason for this is because most minors now prefer to be locked in their room interacting with a screen rather than going out and enjoying the real world. What has caused, that traditional games are displaced; a few years ago it was common to visualize children playing football, marbles, hopscotch, flying kites or playing dice, but today, all of these activities have been changed by web browsing, video games, video clips and social media. In the artistic field, the impact that technology has had on the human being has been topic and central idea for the creation of a great variety of artistic works, Because of the influence that this phenomenon has had on the people has aroused the curiosity, imagination and concern of the artists. Currently, on the Internet we can find a great diversity of artistic works that cover this problem and the techniques used for its representation are drawing, painting and illustration. However, the sculpture has hardly been used to reflect the problem addressed in this project. In response to this, the sculpture of altorrelieve has been used as an artistic technique to symbolically demonstrate this theme and to reflect the artistic object from a social critical point of view. The importance of the project lies in conveying a message to the viewer, especially parents, that technology is a necessary tool, but not an end; and that the use of video games can be beneficial as long as it is used in a moderate way; however, its excessive use provokes a dependence on consuming by the user –children and adolescents- and its effects fall on the mood. In addition to affecting their social, educational, family, etc. Among the theories covered in the content of the project is the theory of Marco y Chóliz -Effectiveness of impulsivity control techniques in the prevention of addiction to video games-; Chacón Cuberos, Zurita Ortega, Castro Sánchez, Espejo Garcés, Martínez Martínez, and Pérez Cortés -Motivational climate towards sport and its relationship with sedentary digital leisure habits in university students-, Brenes -Dimensions associated with the use of video-games in schoolchildren- and Catanzaro’s doctoral thesis - Children and technology: the use of tablet and smartphone –. Also, inductive and deductive methods have been used for research content.