Pictopia an illustrated book of social and political criticism

Pictopia a Illustrated book of social and political criticism that stores a total of 400 illustrations and 200 movies quictime with the aim of showing that social discontent before politics and society. It is an entertaining guide for students and those passionate about art and design who seek expand your graphic mind a bit and submit to new stimuli.

Pictopia shows us an interesting visual referencel for the creation of non-commercial graphic projects created with an impressive visual force pTo reach more people, a way to create a change of thought in others through art and design. If you are an artist / designer or simply a fan of the graphic world, you cannot leave this book aside because inside you will find true graphic wonders.

Criticism is something that we have always been for to be able to express ourselves in a situation that we do not consider fair: politics, society, emotions ... etc, all kinds of topics can be used to show ideas that thanks to visual support they gain strength. Before seeing the projects we will see a small quote that shows the main idea of ​​the book.

We live in and breathe the visual. Our culture basically depends on sight, and privileges the eyes. Our visual landscape, what we see of the world, becomes progressively more loaded with more and more messages. It has come to the world that certain spaces are so saturated with visual information that it is no longer possible for us to absorb and interpret all of them.

LIFE

The international day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women was decreed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999. The proposed proposal was made by the Dominican Republic with the support of 60 other countries to celebrate it every year on November 25. The reason that led this country to request this day was the macabre murder of the sisters Patria, Minerva and María on November 25 at the hands of the Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Capital punishment or death penalty it is the execution of a prisoner as punishment for a crime or offense. The expression comes from the Indo-European caput, "head", through the Latin capitalis. Thus, etymologically, capital punishment is the punishment imposed on a crime so serious that it deserves beheading. On October 10, the World Day is celebrated to sensitize the population.

In this graph we can see the importance of the concept When it comes to communicating, if we stop it for a second and analyze it, we realize the possible messages behind it. The safety pin has two possible states: open or closed, it is an object that can be reversible. The death penalty is something that is not reversible, if they kill you already there is no going back. In the graph, this game is played between what has a reversible solution and what does not.

GUANTANAMO

La purpose of prisons it has been changing throughout history. It went from being a simple means of retention for which a conviction was awaiting, to being a conviction in itself. A means that had the objective of protecting society from those who could be dangerous to it while trying to reintegrate it. But it could also be used as a means of political pressure in difficult times.

The bars can be pink but without forgetting that these also have thorns on their stem.

IDENTITY

Identity is lto distinction, whatever the type, between any person, animal or thing and their peers. It can also refer to the awareness of being yourself. Consciousness is defined in general as the knowledge that the human being has in himself and his environment. Individualism It is the attitude that leads to acting and thinking independently, with respect to others or against established norms. A trend that gives priority to the rights of the individual over those of social structures.

What identifies us as people?

This book is great if you want inspire and encourage you to create critical graphs of all kinds on those topics that take you out of your casillas. If you have the opportunity to buy it, do not hesitate for a second.