La ilustración multidisciplinaria como método de representación del feminismo radical

Abstract

This project shows the elaboration of an artistic product posing a social problem which is radical feminism. The feminist movement dates its origins from the mid-nineteenth century in the United States, emerging as a cause that fights for equality between men and women in all areas of a society. Over time, this fight for equity has been distorted due to the bad actions of certain supporters considered as radicals or popularly for their pejorative term “feminazis”. In Ecuador this problem is not as present as in other Latin American nations but even so, little by little it is gaining more relevance due to the different apparently macho media scandals that unleash a series of events, which instead of seeking equality between both sexes, ends up becoming an attempt to place the female sex at the top of the social cusp regardless of all the damage they may cause in their journey. Talking about feminism and its different facets is an extremely complex subject, its variants, reasons for struggle and achievements made since the creation of the movement generate a lot of confusion when it is sought to clarify everything that surrounds this problem, it is for this reason that production artistic of the present project will be solved through the method of illustration, combining traditional and digital methods. The illustration was born in the middle of the 18th century in Europe and it is an artistic-philosophical movement which focused on the search for knowledge in the attempt to detach itself from all religious dogma; therefore, said main function of this artistic practice is perfectly coupled to the author's intentionality by making use of it to clarify in a concrete and direct way the problem of radical feminism through graphic representation. Through multidisciplinary illustration, changes of perspectives are experienced around this technique, since the evolution of the different materials used is evidenced in addition to the technologies for creative processes, which are essential today where all the world is governed by technological advances for the resolution of all possible tasks. Faced with the problems exposed in this project, an artistic proposal will be created whose creative discourse will appeal to the viewer's reflection by showing the different elements that stereotypically characterize the apparent egalitarian struggle of radical feminists; The same proposal will be exhibited in two different formats, physical and digital, this in order to cover different fields of artistic appreciation as an alternative since exhibitions in art salons are restricted due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. In relation to the measures adopted for the exhibition of the artistic work, similar strategies will be applied to collect the results after said exhibition through the use of digital surveys and the collection of the public opinion of the spectators through the comments received. in social networks; It should be noted that in the process of collecting data obtained through the aforementioned surveys, the results are evidenced by capturing images of the respective equivalence graphs of each applied question as well as capturing the most prominent comments of the publication. on the Facebook social network. The present degree work was resolved through a pre-established format of four chapters that consist of the following: In the first chapter, the conception of the artistic object is approached, with this, both the concept and the context of the work in question are deepened through the investigative process which details the use of illustration from its origins as a purely traditional method, concluding in the current era where technological advances have contributed to making this practice more agile in execution. The second chapter includes the process of the conception of the artistic work, in this section the concept of the proposal and the theoretical foundation are analyzed, all through the investigative method emphasizing the problem addressed and clearing all the doubts that arise in the course of the degree work. The third chapter deals with the construction phases of the work, the entire detailed process is shown step by step through the artistic pre-production, artistic production and definition of the work; It should be noted that for the resolution of this chapter, the ideas obtained through the different conceptual and contextual references analyzed in the previous chapters are applied. This project concludes with chapter four which deals with the critical discussion, in which the results obtained from the artistic production using the previously mentioned methodology and establishing its corresponding conclusions.