Protest Poster

Artist Statement

This winter was unforgettable. I have a good friend that is from Kodiak Alaska and for an entire week she compared the temperature in her home town to provo. She said that on most days, it was colder in Provo than it was in Alaska-IN JANUARY!  

There are several factors that influenced me to make this poster. 

I am from Mesa, Arizona and this is the first winter I have experienced in Utah. I feel that being from Arizona Influenced me to make this poster because the cold in Utah is more unbearable for me than it is for a native. Growing up the coldest it would get during the winter would be around 30 degrees. However, after going through this winter, Arizona weather seems like shorts and sandals weather compared to Utah.

The issue that I wanted to raise awareness was inspired from remembering a AM radio talk about the "air problem in Utah". The activists talking on the radio proposed that cleaner air in Utah would stop the inversion and make the climate a little warmer during the winter. Although I agreed about the cold weather being the problem, I did not agree with the solution because I felt it would not make a significant difference. 

Another factor that influenced me was remembering all the hype about global warming during the 90's and early 2000's. It seems that nobody is raising much awareness about this issue anymore. To add a twist to my poster, I decided to put words on the poster that proposed global warming as the solution to the "cold air problem" in Utah. 

To sum it up, I feel that comical art can influence the way people perceive certain issues. When I posted my poster on facebook yesterday, I got a few comments and several likes from people that thought it was funny.