🌎 A world without corruption is a powerful idea

February 23, 2023

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March’s Theme is Corruption

Corruption can start innocently, like favoring someone you know over someone you don’t. Or recalling a gift they once sent, and repay them with a project for that sweetness. Corruption is a spectrum, rewarding social connections and financial advantages over the rules of fair play. It exists in every society and every institution.

Some people survive through corruption, the labyrinthine bureaucracies where they live making it literally impossible otherwise. But while they survive, others perish. Rising plumes of toxic chemicals, collapsing buildings not constructed to code, we owe the calamities all around us to those who cared more about profit than people and gain over the greater good.

As social anthropologist Lucy Koechlin notes, “A world without corruption is a powerful idea. But it doesn’t appear out of the blue.” It takes courage to speak out. To demand transparency and accountability. To strengthen whistleblower protections and the rule of law. To break up corporate concentration while organizing coalitions of people to reset the balance. What will you do to hold power to account?

Our Monterrey chapter chose this month’s exploration of Corruption and Violeta Hernández illustrated the theme.

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💰 States of Corruption

Violeta Hernández was born in Monterrey, Mexico. She specializes in the field of brand identity and commercial illustration. While working as a designer, she developed a style in her art towards character design, reinforcing her technical ability in drawing and painting, disciplines that she had practiced from an early age. Explore more of Violeta’s work!

Intricate ink drawing titled Pay Me by Nucosa

We love discovering your creative contributions through our theme every month! NUCOSA’s work focuses on highlighting socio-economic, governmental and environmental corruption in the USA. The piece above is titled Pay Me (2019).

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DJ Jim Q explores stories of industry exploitation and artistic betrayal in the form of selling out in this month’s Corruption playlist. Come for the unholy tales of art and commerce, leave with a playlist that will keep you listening for days, no bribes necessary.

I didn’t go in this direction for the newsletter, but corruption also refers to rot and decay, a process facilitated by microorganisms and fungi. And when you start looking at the mycelial universe underneath our feet, the possibilities are dizzying and endless.

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