Pay Me
by Aya
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Title
Pay Me
Headline
Pay Me
Concept author(s)
Aya Abu Kheer
Concept author year(s) of birth
1992
Concept author(s) contribution
I was inspired by a video of a march against debt in one of the developing countries. A citizen was holding a sheet with “ I want $4 trillion” written on it. That reminded me of Uncle Sam’s famous saying: “I want you for the U.S. Army”. From there I developed my idea and I created this piece of artwork.
Concept author(s) Country
United Arab Emirates
Designer(s)
Aya Abu Kheer
Designer(s) year(s) of birth
1992
Designer(s) contribution
I designed it, I chose the green for money, and uncle sam as the big power that control the world. I put the names of the developing countries in the background and also researched and put the amount of there debt which is still rising.
Designer(s) Country
United Arab Emirates
Copy author(s)
Aya Abu Kheer
Copy author(s) year(s) of birth
1992
Copy author(s) contribution
This is the first copy
Copy author(s) Country
United Arab Emirates
Other author(s)
James Montgomery
Other author(s) year(s) of birth
the poster was published in 1916
Other author(s) contribution
He created the original poster "“I Want You for the U.S. Army”
Other author(s) Country
United States of America
Friendly Competition
Competition category
Visual communication practice
Competition subcategory
static
Competition field
academic
Competition subfield
student
Subfield description
American University of Sharjah
Check out the Debt. 2012 outlines of Memefest Friendly competition.
Description of idea
Describe your idea and concept of your work in relation to the festival outlines:
In my poster I use James Montgomery’s Poster “I Want You for the U.S. Army” as a reference. When the poster was published in 1916, its meaning was that Uncle Sam, who symbolizes the American government and the big power that controls people, orders the citizens to join the Army. In my poster, Uncle Sam presents The World Bank, which has been in control of the word recently. When I looked into the World Bank’s website, I found that in the
developing countries the external the debt reached $4 trillion and is still rising.
The overall idea of my piece is sarcasm of the idea of how government expects people to pay huge amounts of money, and these amounts are continuously rising.
*”The combined stock of developing countries’ external debt rose $437 billion to $4 trillion at end in 2010” As mentioned in the World Bank website.
What kind of communication approach do you use?
A poster
What are in your opinion concrete benefits to the society because of your communication?
My poster
What did you personally learn from creating your submitted work?
My poster raise people’s awareness to the huge debt they have to the World Bank. It pushes them to find a solution because it is still rising every year
Why is your work, GOOD communication WORK?
My poster is important because it relates the past to the present situation. I used a symbol from the past and relate it to our present. It is also simple but carry valuable information.
Where and how do you intent do implement your work?
I want my piece to be posted in the streets where people suffer from debt.
Did your intervention had an effect on other Media. If yes, describe the effect? (Has other media reported on it- how? Were you able to change other media with your work- how?)
No