ReadingRevolutionaries

ReadingRevolutionariesproposesanalternativereadingofJohnSparagana'sworkintheformofaliteralunderstandingofvisualinformationastext.Crowds&Powder:TheRevolutionaries,alarge-scaleworkofart,istranslatedintotheformatofamass-marketpaperbackbook.Arrangedovereightydouble-pagespreads,eachindividualpageframesafull-scalefragmentofthiswork.ThissmallvolumeperpetuatesSparaganasmanipulationofprintedmediaandcontributestotheongoingstudyoftherelationshipbetweenmediaandthearts.Notonlydoesitalludetoagrowingdiscourseonthecontrolandmanipulationofvisualnarrative,asincreasinglywitnessedfrompoliticalimagerytopopularculture,butitalsoinvestigatesthewaywereadandprocess(visual)language