Politik İçerikli Grafik Tasarımın Hope To Nope Polıtıcs Sergisi Örnekleri Üzerinden Kavramsal Analizi

The political-themed graphic design studies have a construct, which is rapidly produced and also rapidly goes out of mainstream agenda. Therefore, they do not face long time critical evaluation. However, in a social angle, they are effective in building concepts in masses in long term. Sometimes, a sole image can be very effective because of carrying a message that a thousand words cannot describe. In fact, it is not easy to make a truly meaningful study in today’s digital world, which has never-ending digital pollution. If a success was to be achieved in this digital enormity, it needs to be evaluated in another article. The aim of the exhibition is that it compiled successful works. In the article, a conceptual analysis has been made via materials in Hope to Nope exhibition, which includes political-themed graphic designs in the last decade. In the works of Hope To Nope, it is seen that the authoritarian acts of power in general, racism, sexism, belief and freedom of opinion are processed. The scope of the ten-year period of the works at the show reached the conclusion that the political agenda had hardly changed at the time.

Keywords

Visual communication, semiology, politics, graphic design, exhibition, poster