Photomontage: Image Hijack (Part 2): The Persistence of Global Warming

In my Image Hijack final project, I utilized Salvador Dali's Persistence of Memory to showcase the political issue of global warming. Global warming is the gradual increase in temperature of Earth's atmosphere and ocean's. The claim that fossil fuel emissions are warming the planet and melting icecaps, creating environmental hazards, is an important issue in today's governments and world. 

Global warming is a controversial matter, some people do not "believe" in it, and think that is a hoax, however, climate scientists agree that the planet is actually warming after looking at the data and facts on the issue. (LiveScience Contributors, "Global Warming"). As temperatures increase, some consequences of global warming include rising sea levels, severe weather events, damaging wildfire seasons, and more. (Union of Concerned Scientists Contributors, "Global Warming Impacts"). 

In my project, I portrayed global warming in one of Dali's famous artworks. I chose to replace his melting clocks with melting globes, to show that increasing temperatures are melting our planet. I purposely left Dali's pocket watch to represent that time is slipping away as global warming continues to increase. 

This design challenges the people who claim that global warming is a myth. I wanted to portray the danger of the issue, through satire and exaggeration. A proposed ideal placement of this photo-montage could be in used in any popular magazine that would feature an article on global warming, for example, National Geographic. 

References: 

LiveScience Contributors. "Global Warming." Live Science, http://www.livescience.com/topics/global-warming. Accessed 17 February 2017. 

Union of Concerned Scientists Contributors. "Global Warming Impacts." Union of Concerned Scientists, http://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/global-warming/science-and-impacts/global-warming-impacts#.WKcy8TsrI2w. Accessed 17 February 2017.