This graphic is the product
of many intercambios about the issue of colonialism
in the Andean Region of South America that took place
between our collective and organizers over the spring
of 2002 in Ecuador, Colombia and the U.S. These exchanges
of information and inspiration were collaboratively
sewn together into a quilt of images, that are organized
into a circuit of progressions and contrasts that inform
and engage the viewer throughout their journey of the
graphic.
The long history of colonialism in the Americas, currently
manifested in the Andean Region as "Plan Colombia",
is a strong metaphor of the multi-faceted destructive
influences of U.S. foreign policy and corporate monoculture
on a global scale. This graphic attempts to expose the
lie of the drug war as a smokescreen for multinational
corporation's interests in extraction of the rich biodiversity
and natural resources of the Amazon and her peoples.
It is an anti-war poster that speaks in the mythology
of our times… the cancerous monomyth of corporate
globalization, and its antibodies of grassroots resistance.
In an attempt to overcome the tendency of images to
simply portray "what we are against," this
graphic illustrates this story in three "layers"
to help the viewer experience the different aspects
of an extremely complex, and brutal situation. The mission
was to give an illustrated explanation of not just the
nightmare, but to also give weight to the inspiring
stories of hope, courage and struggle of those that
are directly experiencing it. As North American youth
that have endured the destructive and racist brainwashing
of television, videogames, cultural appropriation and
advertising imagery, our collective felt it was essential
to produce this representation in collaboration with
organizers in the Andean region, to get the story straight.
The result, is thick with those voices. The tools produced
from this collaboration are being distributed, as anti-copyright
material, for use in campaigns in both the South and
North of the Americas.
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