Question:
How has this digital art revolution affect and influence the lives of Chicanx and Latinx individuals and has it replaced any other forms of artmaking?
Answer:
In the Claudia E. Zapata article, Claudia brought light to this new form of art-making that soon began to grow in interest during the mid-1960s. She states that this new practice of art has not replaced the other forms of Chicanx visual forms. Some examples that remain lively are political print and public murals. This new platform of art has affected and influenced the Chicanx community by allowing these individuals to diversify graphic output. Hence, this new form of art has greatly opened new ways to become creative to continue advocating objectives of protesting injustice, educating, or self-reflecting cultures as Claudia stated. In today's time, these artists are now involving themselves in technological exchange centers, allocating their work online, and using new forms of technology like VR to broaden the interpretation of the artwork. Meaning that this new form of art platform has influenced the artists to further expand their skills to find new ways to send the appropriate message to any audience. This new era of artform has not stopped or slowed down paper-based graphics. Claudia mentions how instead, it has only offered new opportunities to visualize artwork such as political resistance. From what Claudia is mentioning it sounds that this revolution of the art form has truly only benefitted and has little to no negative contribution to these artist's lives. This was one of the main takeaways I received from reading this article. Another valid point Claudia mentioned to further answer the question on how it has influenced Chicanx artists is when she states, how these artists have actively participated, unearthed, and connected these digitally informed efforts to start a foundation of Chicanx study. This just means that when Chicanx were hit with this new platform, they collectively worked together to create a new lens of Chicanx study.
Hey Ariana! I loved the connections you made about how the internet has allowed for digital art to be made and it has also allowed for Chicanx individuals to come together to form Chicanx studies and even art. I think it's also important that the internet has allowed for these works and studies to be preserved.
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