The brief for the Barcelona project requires a book cover and two images to illustrate a chapter from Giles Tremlett's book, Ghosts of Spain. The chapter is called The Madness of Verdaguer and is, basically, about the differences between the population of Spain, those who speak Spanish and those who speak Catalan. Though I found the text very difficult to understand, as it is very political, I interpreted it as being about a war on language and culture. Catalan's think of themselves as superior to the Spanish, and the Spanish do not associate themselves with the Catalans because of this. The idea behind the themes for the cover is that the bird in the cage represents Catalans. The flying birds represent the Spanish, who are free, whereas the caged bird is trapped and wants to escape. This is meant to represent the Catalans, who wish to break free from Spain. This idea could also work the other way around: the caged bird could represent the Spanish and the flying birds, representing Catalans, are breaking free. I haven't decided which direction I want this to take yet.
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