Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism
... but art can be infographics
A course by Jaime Serra Palou , Infographic Designer
About the video: ... but art can be infographics
Overview
“I explain some concepts that make us understand how computer graphics can be at the service of artistic manifestations. Explained from own examples and from the work 'La mariée mise à nu par ses celibataires, même' by Marcel Duchamp, dissected from an infographic perspective. ”
In this video lesson Jaime Serra Palou addresses the topic: ... but art can be infographics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism. Learn to visualize data in an artistic way through images and text.
Partial transcription of the video
“There is, in my understanding, a historical and cultural misunderstanding in relation to infographics. Infographics, as a tool for human communication, can be used to narrate reality or fiction, facts or truths. The opposite would be like saying that with the word only one can write essays, that one can not write poetry, or one can only write reality, and no novels . Infographics can not determine that something is science, journalism or art. The infographic is only the tool and, although important, the important thing, the essential, is the content, that can be journalism, science or it ca...”
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Course summary for: Creative Infographics: Between Art and Journalism
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Areas
Communication, Infographics, Information Design
Jaime Serra Palou
A course by Jaime Serra Palou
Jaime Serra has over 25 years' professional experience in the journalism industry working with infographics. He started his career in the mid '80s, when infographics were first being used as a journalistic tool. A decade later, he contributed to revolutionizing the infographics industry while working for the Argentinian newspaper Clarín. Twenty years later, he was recognized by the Society For News Design as the most influential infographics artist in the world during the period of 1992-2002.
He has been a creator, director, and consultant for prestigious media companies and their infographic departments in Latin America and Europe, including Clarín (Argentina, 1995-2001) and La Vanguardia (Spain, 2008-2018).
He also showcases his work in contemporary art spaces and publications for international media outlets, such as El Mundo (Spain), O Globo (Brazil), La Nación (Argentina) and El Financiero (Mexico).
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