A dog listens to the voice of its deceased owner recorded from a gramophone. It tilts its head as if it recognizes the voice. This scene was actually witnessed by a painter who, in 1898, recorded a scene of an exchange between his deceased brother and his dog, which he called "The Voice of the Owner (His Master's Voice), which was titled "The HMV Record Company". It was later used as a trademark for the HMV record company.

More than 100 years later, in 2003, this famous painting was featured in the artist's "banksieThe film was remade by Banksy's take on the parody, in which a dog takes aim at a Gramophone with a bazooka.

What message is conveyed in this work? Music is now being listened to through new media such as mobile devices and computers, and the good old ways of enjoying music through Gramophone and records and the traditional music companies are becoming obsolete and declining.change (e.g. season)Is he making fun of the Or is he emphasizing the state of a domesticated dog that can no longer stand up to its owner's daily instructions and commands and confronts him? The dog has been tamed by its owner, and the citizen has been "tamed" by power as well. By juxtaposing the two, did the artist want to express the importance of citizens' resistance to the propaganda of power?

Learn more about propaganda → "Propaganda: From the U.S. to Japan"

Learn more about information control online → "Big Tech companies complicit in information control"

See more of Banksy's work →.Banksy Series

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