Semiotic Capitalism and the Cultural Field

“What capitalizes capital is semiotic power.”

Felix Guattari (The Molecular Revolution)

The cultural field, like any other field, we must not forget, is crossed by forces of domination and power that act in various social spaces, with great prominence in the state apparatus and public administration itself.

Damien Hirst, Lullaby, the Seasons (2002) -part