Did Kalle Lasn's work make it over here at all?
I know he is often cited as the inspiration behind the Occupy movement, but I haven't seen any evidence of the Adbusters Magazine, or some of his other output, as having made it to the UK or the rest of Europe.
So, have you read 'Culture Jam', come across the magazine 'Adbusters', or taken part in 'Buy Nothing Day', for instance?
Just interested, really, because I was quite a big fan of Kalle Lasn when I lived in Canada, and much of what he stands for, I suspect, would resonate among many here.
but I haven't seen any evidence of the Adbusters Magazine
I used to sell it - tended to be distributed through the same channels as most visual arts publishing so you'd have been more likely to see it in an Art Gallery bookshop than WHSmiths.
I once worked with an austrailian artist who was part of a similar movement there call 'Bugger Up' 🙂
Having read up a little bit, I have actually seen some of these pictures before. Good work though.
Adbusters used to be fairly popular around UK art schools and galleries with decent bookshops a decade ago. Can't imagine they get the advertising revenue to keep printing in the facebook age.
I used to get Adbusters all the time. I used to get it from the Cornerhouse Book Shop. Not seen it for years though
I loved all their graphics. This was a favourite, which I had up on my desktop for years
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Culture Jamming
From now on , this is what i'll claim to be doing when i'm eating a Fruit Corner
Adbusters used to be fairly popular around UK art schools and galleries with decent bookshops a decade ago. Can't imagine they get the advertising revenue to keep printing in the facebook age.
The whole point of Adbusters is that they didn't depend on advertising. Lasn, its founder, wanted complete independence in order to fairly critique neo-liberalism.
It was meant to be... ah, never mind.
It was meant to be... ah, never mind.
Don't worry - I'm sure there'll be a Facebook algorithm somewhere that though it was funny 🙂
Whoops, sorry. I tend to be slow on the uptake, but I get it eventually. 😀
Just not usually until I make a fool of myself first. 😳
Buga-Up, not heard of them since pre internet days:
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Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions.
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not heard of them since pre internet days:
Thinking about it, even Ceefax was in black and white back then
