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The story behind Shepard Fairey’s powerful posters for Donald Trump’s inauguration
By Jenni Avins
January 18, 2017
Link: https://qz.com/887358/the-story-behind-shepard-faireys-powerful-posters-for-donald-trumps-inauguration/
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Go to Amplifier's web site to see and download their many posters for free....
AMPLIFIER
Link: https://amplifier.org/
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By Jenni Avins
January 18, 2017
Link: https://qz.com/887358/the-story-behind-shepard-faireys-powerful-posters-for-donald-trumps-inauguration/
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The Amplifier Foundation, a Seattle, Washington-based nonprofit organization, tapped artists including Shepard Fairey, Ernesto Yerena, and Jessica Sabogal to create what the foundation calls ”images to disrupt the rising tide of hate and fear.”
“Our America is one of equal humanity that does not demean or discriminate,” says a spokesperson in the campaign video. “These ideas are not partisan. They are the foundation of America, and on inauguration day, with your help, we will make sure everyone remembers them.”
America’s president-elect is conspicuously absent from the We the People images. Fairey had created a poster entitled “Demagogue” depicting Trump shortly before the election, but now that the die is cast, the artist told PBS, the moment for that sort of direct, overt criticism has expired.
“When people get defensive, I think that really limits their ability to change their mind,” said Fairey.
Instead, We the People depicts protagonists from groups the Amplifier Project identified as vulnerable in the present political climate—Muslims, Latinos, African-Americans, and LGBTQ people among them—using the tropes of patriotic American campaign posters.
“Our America is one of equal humanity that does not demean or discriminate,” says a spokesperson in the campaign video. “These ideas are not partisan. They are the foundation of America, and on inauguration day, with your help, we will make sure everyone remembers them.”
America’s president-elect is conspicuously absent from the We the People images. Fairey had created a poster entitled “Demagogue” depicting Trump shortly before the election, but now that the die is cast, the artist told PBS, the moment for that sort of direct, overt criticism has expired.
“When people get defensive, I think that really limits their ability to change their mind,” said Fairey.
Instead, We the People depicts protagonists from groups the Amplifier Project identified as vulnerable in the present political climate—Muslims, Latinos, African-Americans, and LGBTQ people among them—using the tropes of patriotic American campaign posters.
Go to Amplifier's web site to see and download their many posters for free....
AMPLIFIER
Link: https://amplifier.org/
We flip artists into activists, and observers into participants. Our experiments are built on a foundation of free and open source art, the unlimited possibilities within a human centered design process, and the potentials when analog and digital technology merge. Drawing from a newly formed education cohort of teachers in every state, and Stanford d.School Media designers, we build campaigns that can and do change the national narrative.
Our goal is to reclaim and rebuild an American identity rooted in equality, dignity, diversity, truth, and beauty. At Amplifier, we believe that each piece of art we create and distribute with our partners can be a compass that leads us away from the chaos and negativity of this polarizing time.
Our goal is to reclaim and rebuild an American identity rooted in equality, dignity, diversity, truth, and beauty. At Amplifier, we believe that each piece of art we create and distribute with our partners can be a compass that leads us away from the chaos and negativity of this polarizing time.
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