CULTURAL STUDY: TURKEY

• Political Posters• Street Art• Wicx and Esk Reyn

trade places with Walter Meyer

CULTURAL STUDY: INSPIRATION

A cross-cultural exchange that bypasses politics and international squabbles has been made possible through the unlikely medium of

street art. Four street artists respectively from Los Angeles and Turkey visited one another's countries to paint a series of walls that celebrate an international exchange of style, substance, and education.

Walter Meyer, a former ad agency owner and Los Angeles resident, keeps a close eye on his community. An advocate of public art, he has noticed a growing interest and abundance of street art in Los Angeles as the movement has enjoyed great success inside and outside the professional art community.

The city of Istanbul also holds a special place for Meyer. "I lived in Istanbul for three years and had not visited until last December and I was amazed at the explosion of street art." Meyer was equally enamored by the political messages he saw on the walls of Istanbul: "I found it engaging because it was all over and the political phenomena of street art was quickly washed over by the government."

YOUR PROJECT: A POLITICAL POSTER Why should Turkey be allowed to join the European Union?

1. answer this question visually

2. create a political poster advocating for Turkey

3. Use historical and contemporary artists as inspiration

USING ILLUSTRATOR TO MAKE A POSTER

Copy a photo to Illustrator

While selecting click “IMAGE TRACE”

Using “TRACING RESULT” adjust

Click on EXPAND Create VECTOR graphics in Illustrator

Create a background using vector graphics

Merge the image with the background

Add elements representing Turkey

Add color to the image

Add effects