The effects of the past year and the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic practically necessitate digital presence. Meanwhile, the flood of images is in a continous growth, political leaders, celebrities, services, religious denominations and movements try to seize our attention. Torrents of advertisements flood us in the online fuss. Entering this kind of digital smog, many a time we are forced to wear a metaphorical individual mask which functions as a sort of filter in the selection and reception of recent stimuli.

In 2021, during the 1st edition of Publicritic, 154 participants submitted a total of 256 artworks.

VARGHA Balázs, member of the Publicritic 2021’s jury summarized the Digital Smog exhibition with these words:It’s good to see that a new platform is being born in which free space is given to the responsible, constructive critical attitude of a growing generation of creators. And it is also an example of how suggestively creative visual communication can address the public, especially on a large and public scale.