Signal 03: A Journal of International Political Graphics & Culture

Description

Signal brings together material produced the world over, and collected from both the present and decades past. Artists and cultural workers have been at the center of upheavals and revolts since protests first began, from the painters and poets in the Paris Commune to the poster-makers and street-theatre performers of the recent Occupy movement. Signal brings these artists and their work to a new audience, digging deep through our common history to unearth their images and stories.

Alec Dunn is an illustrator and a printer who has designed book and record covers, political graphics, and punk fliers. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Josh MacPhee is an artist, a curator, an activist, the coeditor of Realizing the Impossible and Reproduce and Revolt, and the author of Paper Politics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

"Offering these graphics to generations far beyond their original audiences, this title is recommended for designers, activists, archivists, and scholars studying protest movements." --Library Journal "Signal reads like a magazine in that it consists of a number of smaller, independent articles but the loose continuity of subject holds it together as a book. As a series, this is going to be a great resource. Dunn and MacPhee are filling a void in terms of political graphics; there's a lot of material for them to cover and this is solid start." --Printeresting.org "Signal is dotted with stunning photography that will certainly reel in many people who are into unusual art. Clocking in at just under 140 glossy pages, Dunn and MacPhee do an impressive job of conveying not only what is new and relevant in political art, but also its history and its presence in the everyday." --Political Media Review "If you are interested in the use of graphic art and communication in political struggles, don't miss the latest issue of Signal." --Rick Poynor, Design Observer "Signal couldn't have arrived at a better time to reassure those of us using visual culture to enter a political discourse. " --Last Hours