A visual epidemic : the COVID-19 pandemic from an iconopolitical approach

Resumen: En este trabajo me propuse analizar lo que he llamado una epidemia visual, investigar cómo se ha construido icónicamente el virus desde una perspectiva iconopolítica. La tesis que intenté demostrar es que el virus SARS-CoV-2 precisa de un aspecto visible para que las medidas sanitarias no pierdan su poder y eficacia. Esta hipótesis de lectura se aplicará a un corpus de imágenes que responden a diferentes estéticas o modos de representación.Abstract: In this paper I set out to analyse what I have called a visual epidemic, to investigate how the virus has been iconically constructed from an iconopolitical perspective. The thesis that I tried to demonstrate is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus needs a visible appearance so that health measures do not lose their power and effectiveness. This reading hypothesis will be applied to a corpus of images that respond to different aesthetics or modes of representation