I wanted to do some research on visual posters and placards made and used in protests which are mainly created by the protesters themselves. I think these visuals are very important as they can grab peoples attention, they show protesters passion and their thoughts on those simple cardboard placards. I think this is why they are so powerful as it’s how they feel, what they want to change or to stop. I was looking a photos from protests which stood out to me for inspiration.
Protesters hold up placards during the Women’s March in London on Jan. 21, 2018
This photo of protesters which they are holding a placard really stood out to me and I think it’s visually it is so powerful. The placard is simple, but it is smart. I think the most powerful placards are the ones which only have some words and simple ones created by protesters all hand made. As in our project, we want to create placards which hold the same style. We can mainly do this in Stanley Green placard which he only uses white text on black background. However, there are few details such the text isn’t a full long sentence just words after words.
Protests when Trump visits UK
Reading the interview on The Guardian artists speaking about the art in protests and about political art. We can clearly see that amount of work being produced has risen significant as Anti-Trump protests, Women’s March, Brexit etc. All these political and social protests allowed artists to create more art. It was a very interesting interview reading artists opinion on art and politics.
References:
http://time.com/5134820/british-suffragettes-centenary-women-rights-inequality/
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/poster-power-dramatic-impact-political-art/
Busra Yildiz 