The Manga culture ("whimsical drawings" or
"impromptu sketches") can be traced to the early 8th century, the
modern types of publications developed since the end of world war II. The
impact of style, especially present in animation is maybe comparable to the
influence of japanese prints end oft he 19th century. The images are in some way representative for
the young japanese, and the idea
followed in this piece has been to remind on the situation following the
destruction of life quality after Fukushima. Starting point has been Picasso’s
portrait linos from the early 60s, here L’espagnole.
In the reduction approach a beige
background is applied, and two plates brown and black are used.
The present manga style is indeed representative for some
japanese girls. This extends in its global extension to export of the styles
(Japan pop culture festivals), http://cyberpopculture.wordpress.com/fashion/japanese-culture-japanese-fashion-tokyo-and-the-individual-selfishness/:
Even stories in brown tones exists, resembling Picasso’s
prints:
As the major impact of the Fukushima event is uncontrolled
leaking out of radioactive material contaminating local sites and extending
worlwide. Facing invisible radiation the trefoil symbol (Berkeley 1946) is well
known, and has been amended in 2007 by an additional symbol indicating the risk
of death, with the option of running
away…
The design started with a girl’s face, trefoils and the
japanese word for „radiation“
on a beige background the face is printed in brown and dark
brown. Alternatively the two plates are printed on light brown paper.
Instead of a third
dark plate a gradient inking from blue to red is preferred, as it indicates
radiation from above, and the blue colour relates to the marine costume.
The intention is to remind on the responsibility for the
young generation forced to live with radiation.
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