Merlion
04-27-2006, 08:18 PM
It is not easy to select artworks to represent/symbolize social goals. As artists we may also find it beneficial to know what public organizations have selected for such goals, and why.
Wise owl and pregnant statue represent UN Millennium Goals in Latin America
27 April 2006 – An owl, the symbol of wisdom used by Aztec wisemen, a 3,000-year-old sculpture of an ear of corn, and stone image of a pregnant woman are among a new series of icons that will symbolize the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on T-shirts, posters and banners in Latin America.
The icons, blending the MDG targets of slashing a host of socio-economic ills by 2015 with Latin American history and culture, were jointly devised by the UN Volunteers (UNV) programme, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Colombian DANSOCIAL agency and the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá, the Colombian capital.
“The project looks to our roots, informing the population with easy-to-understand images that convey the global campaign via our regional point of view,” the Colombian MDG campaign said in a statement introducing the new look.
The new emblems are:
Goal 1 (eradicating extreme poverty and hunger) is represented by an ear of corn, the grain that has been a staple of indigenous Latin Americans for 8,500 years. The icon is based on a corn plant sculpted in 800 B.C. and depicted against a background of burnt yellow, representing the colour of both corn and the sun that allows food to grow.
Goal 2 (Education for all) is portrayed by an owl, the symbol of wisdom used by Aztec wisemen and warriors in Mexico.
Goal 3 (Gender equality) shows a Peruvian tapestry with two human figures: equal and opposite. [snip]
Click Here (http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18264&Cr=MDGs&Cr1=) for the full news article.
Wise owl and pregnant statue represent UN Millennium Goals in Latin America
27 April 2006 – An owl, the symbol of wisdom used by Aztec wisemen, a 3,000-year-old sculpture of an ear of corn, and stone image of a pregnant woman are among a new series of icons that will symbolize the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on T-shirts, posters and banners in Latin America.
The icons, blending the MDG targets of slashing a host of socio-economic ills by 2015 with Latin American history and culture, were jointly devised by the UN Volunteers (UNV) programme, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Colombian DANSOCIAL agency and the Mayor’s Office of Bogotá, the Colombian capital.
“The project looks to our roots, informing the population with easy-to-understand images that convey the global campaign via our regional point of view,” the Colombian MDG campaign said in a statement introducing the new look.
The new emblems are:
Goal 1 (eradicating extreme poverty and hunger) is represented by an ear of corn, the grain that has been a staple of indigenous Latin Americans for 8,500 years. The icon is based on a corn plant sculpted in 800 B.C. and depicted against a background of burnt yellow, representing the colour of both corn and the sun that allows food to grow.
Goal 2 (Education for all) is portrayed by an owl, the symbol of wisdom used by Aztec wisemen and warriors in Mexico.
Goal 3 (Gender equality) shows a Peruvian tapestry with two human figures: equal and opposite. [snip]
Click Here (http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18264&Cr=MDGs&Cr1=) for the full news article.