In Claudia Zapata’s “Chicanx Graphics in the Digital Age,” she talks about the advantages that digital media has when it comes to art activism. Something that stood out to me was when she quoted Carol Wells and said that stuff will still need to be printed regardless of how hi-tech the times are. Her point was that in order to protest, people will need signs and with digital media you can’t have signs unless you print them. In this case, digital media works hand in hand with analog media. Both forms work together for political resistance. I thought this was interesting because no matter how advanced technology will be, things will still need to be printed. The benefits of digital media are that more creative posters/signs can be created and be massed produced with technology, as opposed to hand painting/drawing one poster at a time.
Another thing that caught my eye was Julio Salgado and how he used digital media, blogs, in particular, to reach out to undocuqueers and ask for their stories. Being able to put something online and have other people around the world see it is just so fascinating. Digital media is allowing voices to be heard, it’s allowing people to realize that they’re not alone in their struggle and that there are communities to help them. Julio Salgado also realized that producing street art put those who were undocumented at a higher risk of exposure, so he turned to digital media to allow more individuals to post freely, even anonymously if they chose to. It’s amazing what digital media can do for people.
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