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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Charlie Brooker’s 10 Biggest Cocks and She-Cocks in Advertising… ever!
See also: Charlie Brooker’s 10 Biggest Cocks in Advertising
For all the graffiti haters…
Ironworkers spray paint names of young cancer patients onto the beams of the Yawkey Center going up at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The building’s steel skeleton is now a brightly colored, seven-story monument to scores of children receiving treatment at the clinic. from Boston.com, photo by David Ryan
Posted in News Tagged beautiful, boston, graffiti, social marketing, thingsthatmakeyousayhmmmmm 3 Comments
The Art of Subvertising on NYC Interactive
Jordan Selier, Packard Jennings, and I are all featured in a NYC Interactive piece on “subvertising.” You can see a video of Jordan installing his work in a phone booth and a slideshow where I briefly explain Add-Art.
New on Add-Art: Net Art 1.0
Add-Art is the Firefox addon that replaces ads on the internet with rotating curated art images. Developed by myself and several others surrounding Eyebeam over the past 2 years, it’s free, will speed up your browsing, and features contemporary art that changes every 2 weeks. We just released a new version, so install it now! [...]
Poster Boy; NYPD You’ve Got The Wrong Man!
According to the New York Times, “Poster Boy” was arrested on Saturday night. While most other street or graffiti artists concentrate on adding their own imagery, illegally, to parts of the subway system, Poster Boy, a kind of anti-consumerist Zorro with a razor blade, a sense of humor and a talent for collage, has made [...]
Posted in News Tagged art, illegal advertising, nyc, outdoor, poster, public space, street art 1 Comment
Hacked Electronic Signs
This is making the rounds could inspire some creative action: There’s a set of instructions on how to hack the signs floating around the internet. My favorite series is over on the MIT site. Thanks Kelli Anderson for the tip!
Nick Kroll: “Mom, I wanna stay hydrated but I ALSO wanna rock n roll!!”
“Mom, I wanna stay hydrated but I ALSO wanna rock n roll!! Why doesn’t dad live with us anymore? And why do you drink white wine out of a coffee mug in the car? I HATE my new computer!” via the very funny Nick Kroll