Be Street Art

1/04/2016

Adbusting / Subvertising / Culture jamming

Adbusting

The act of destroying or altering a billboard or other large obnoxious advertisement. Often done for the purpose of limiting rampant consumerism.

≈ Subvertising

The practice of making parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make an ironic statement.

Also used by political campaigners (offending opponents, gaining support)

≈ Culture jamming

The tactic is used by many anti-consumerist social movements to disrupt media culture and its mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate advertising.

Possibility to voice one’s opinion/answer to the advertisement
Changing the message of the advertisement into anti-corporation, anti-consumer, anti- materialism and anti-advertising statements

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ROA

Anonymous mural artist from Ghent, Belgium
Obsession for animals
Reveals life, death and life after death in his murals
Animals include skeleton and organs
Paints animals that are native to the area being painted
Uses only three colours: black, white and red
His distinctive black & white style can be found worldwide

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1/02/2016

Trash cans in Berlin

Yes, indeed this is an article about trash cans in Berlin you can find in any corner of the city.

This article is dedicated to all cans that have to swallow our garbage. In Berlin you can find many special trash cans that want to transfer a message in a special way. The main aim of those messages is to keep our environment clean. The importance of keeping our cities clean is so self-evident that we often don't think about it when we throw our trash on the streets. Those special trash cans make clear that we are supposed to take care of our environment. The trash cans draw people's attention unknowingly to environmental protection. They want to express that we all should live consciously. So let's take care of our cities and they will be maintained for a long time.