Graphic Agitation 2 by Liz McQuiston is a key text that encompasses a relatively broad range of political events and scandals that have occurred since the 1990s. McQuiston covers socio-political events ranging from the 2000 US presidential election controversy to the Greenpeace vs McDonalds libel case in the 90s. She presents the information in a format and style that is much more akin to a global political text than one related to graphic design, which is of course sensical - it's a political text on the subject of graphic design, and graphic design's place within the political and cultural arena. McQuiston goes lengths to find links between graphic design movements and political events, such as the role of graphic designers in recent US presidential elections: 'The American Institute of Graphic Arts encouraged graphic designers to help get the public out to vote'. As well as covering the immediate link between graphic design and socio-political change, Graphic Agitation also makes broad references to long term cultural and social phenomenons and trends such as 'Culture jamming', which she describes as 'creative resistance on many fronts, [one that] can take many different shapes and forms and keeps evolving as time goes on.'
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