WORK SHOWCASE: Christian Dellavedova
This week, the Directory of Illustration highlights work from Christian Dellavedova, represented by António Adrião Artist Representative (AAARep).
THE WORK
Illustrator: Christian Dellavedova
Client: Internazionale Magazine
Agent: AAA Rep
From the Artist: I was asked by Internazionale to illustrate an article by Rebecca Solnit about how the climate change crisis is in part a storytelling crisis, titled “New stories for climate change.”
In her article, the author explores how we are hemmed in by stories that prevent us from seeing, or believing in, or acting on the possibilities for change. Some are habits of mind, some are industry propaganda. What drives our machines won’t change until we change what drives our ideas.
In order to do what the climate crisis demands of us, we have to find stories of a livable future, stories of popular power, stories that motivate people to do what it takes to make the world we need.
I used the classic Rubik’s cube game and the puzzle as simple metaphors of changing our behavior and storytelling about climate change crisis with a simple line vector illustration.
