"Los motivos visuales en la esfera pública. Producción y circulación de imágenes del poder en España, 2011-2017"
This project aims at studying the presence, production, and circulation of visual motifs related to power through images disseminated in print and digital media and TV newsreel in Spain from 2011-2017. This project proposes that images that represent power in mass media and other instances shaping the public sphere are articulated through visual motifs. The visual motifs exist beyond the artistic field of sculpture or painting. They also appear frequently in newsreels or photojournalism, among other examples. The central hypothesis of this project is that there is an organized set of motifs, which can be systematized, to represent customary situations of public life, such as the presidential inauguration, corporate bankruptcy, or the occupation of a public square.
