Proyectar la imaginación. La influencia de las imágenes en red en la fase de prediseño en comunicación gráfica

Abstract

Graphic communication projects begin with a strategic phase whose objective is to conceptualize a sensory universe that will be associated with the product or brand for which the project is developed. The objective is to emotionally connect the brand or product with the user. In this process, the "performativity" potential of images is used to define and communicate complex emotional qualities that are difficult to express through verbal language. Mostly, images are searched on the Internet and classified through hegemonic iconographic and iconological patterns. This article proposes to activate a critical look at the hybrid co-creation process that is generated between human and machine in the search for images on the net. Analyzing the agency of the non-human in this procedure will allow us to establish if the creative and methodological processes used contribute to establish and perpetuate a prevailing visual hegemony, or if they help to open fissures in its structure.