NYC’s True Graffiti Problem
Guerilla marketing is in the spotlight lately thanks to the Boston Police overreacting (?) to some viral ads for Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Earlier this year Graffiti Research Lab together with The Anti-Advertising Agency went guerilla to tackle what they see as a corporate sponsored graffiti on the streets of New York by masking the omnipresent advertising video screens with stenciled messages. You can debate whether or not their reaction is effective or justified but I can’t help but fall in love with how nice that type looks with abstract video playing within. Link.
Gary Butcher
Posted on Thursday, 15th of February 2007 Permalink Comment (1)
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Aqua Teen Hunger force hit several cities, including my own. Atlanta where one of the largest, busiest airports exists would *seemingly* be on high alert and spend the homeland security dollars to protect us from Ted Turner’s Cartoon Network terrorist advertisements.
There was nothing. I am not saying that we are not alert, however I am saying that the light-bright incidents went unnoticed and we all went about our normal lifestyles.
Keith Olbermann was the only MSNBC host that pointed out that several cities were affected but only Boston responded with the big guns of security. He was absolutely correct in stating that we could have spent the dollars to perhaps…help the still floundering New Orleans Ninth Ward.
I actually enjoyed the fact that in Atlanta, home of the awful history of the past, we are no longer as stoopid as we may be perceived.
Posted by Cheuph on Monday, February 2007 at 6:29 AM
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