I feel strongly about the growing disparity of the 1% in comparison to the rest of society. Around 70% of all wealth in the U.S. .This core issue intrinsically ties into many other issues such as discrimination against deprived groups of people, environmental destruction, and general corruption. Finding a way to crack down on these wealth criminals is an important way of maintaining some form of balance in the meantime. With the current protests regarding John Deere, and many other workers are realizing the value of their labor. “The Tute Bianche first appeared in Italy in 1994 in the midst of a social setting in which the “mass laborer,” who had played a central role in the 1970s in production and in labor struggles, was gradually replaced in the transition to precarious post-Fordist means of production.”
In my research of protests in the past, I find that an effective slogan or phrase can be very helpful in spreading an idea. For instance Barbra Kruger’s work has the common through-line of a clear but provocative statement. Kruger discusses the need to understand the intersectionality of these issues in her interview with Art21 magazine. “There is always a connection between issues of race and gender and class. They don’t ever exist separately, and people who feel that they live them separately are really not understanding the multiple forces that have impacts on their identity and their lives.”. A good slogan should be instantly recognizable in intention, and meaning. “Black Lives Matter” is effective in it’s boldness.
Using a pig as shorthand for the obscenely wealthy is nothing new but effective nonetheless. Pig imagery has existed for a long time so utilizing that to make the piece easy to digest. Using a cartoon style pig with a top hat and teacup to make it more palatable, and inviting.
Foster, I. (2018, January 28). Resisting reductivism & breaking the bubble: An interview with Barbara Kruger. Art21 Magazine. Retrieved October 20, 2021, from http://magazine.art21.org/2018/01/26/resisting-reductivism-breaking-the-bubble-an-interview-with-barbara-kruger/.
Hello! Upon looking at your poster, I did not understand what it meant at first until reading your post. I didn't know that 70% of the wealth in the world was in the U.S., though not surprising. As you stated, money corrupts people and economies, which can make wealthy people look down upon those who struggle and not help them. The money that these people hold could help fix the economy but they, instead, spend it on lavish things that they do not need.
ReplyDeleteHello, I really like your project! The use of a pig to represent wealth is really well done, and I like the idea as a whole. The only thing I would suggest is maybe add some context on or around the poster to help strangers understand it more, like putting an index card with information about what you're trying to say under it, or including more information about the 1% on the poster itself. While I fully get what you're saying looking at your image, I also got to read what you wrote, and I think without that I may have been confused. But overall, your image is really cool and looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteHi! I like that your project deals with a subject that not many people talk about. It's true that money has the ability to corrupt a person. Also, I really like the drawing of the pig. :)
ReplyDeletethe piggy is the cutest eva... but pigs is books represent bad xD i was a bit confused on that but i agree with miranda becausue he is cute the message was lost a bit... its kinda an oxymoron. but its craazy to think that a piece of paper holds so much value and how people go crazy for it.
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