Jeremy Rifkin. The Empathic Civilisation – Our latest RSA Animate
It really is a privilege to be able to document this type of content. I found Mr Rifkin’s talk such a joy to listen to and I had a lot of fun drawing this one, not least the fact that I got to draw a monkey and also a talking fox.
However, this leads to a serious point about how sometimes humour can get you into trouble when you are trying to visually understand a point. These videos are housed on the RSA website too and here they do sometimes receive comments, which is good for feedback for us as artists and how some content can be held to task, especially in the scientific realm. The comments on this can be viewed here. I think it’s definitely a point to consider in the future. Images are powerful and the suggestions they can make can be misleading and sometimes what you might think is a neat way to tie something up visually, might really be creating misunderstanding or promoting the unintentional ideas. I will think on!
I was also delighted to have the work appear on Scott McCloud’s blog. Scott is a artistic hero of mine and his book ‘Understanding Comics’ has and continues to be a big influence on the work we do. Thanks for your kind words Scott!
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June 6th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Hi wonderfull people of cognitivemedia!
it would be so great if we could get the FULL board of illustrations from this animated essay (or any other from RSA animated) on a giant poster (for sale on the internet)!? I ‘m sure a lot of people would pay actual money for this highly intelligent and humorous way to get such an inspiring and mind-broadening story across.. to display in work spaces or at home, or at seminars, or.. this could realy become something big!
-roel