Ok, so just by looking at all the culture jams we have found, the majority of them are from North America (I think that is a very key point in doing all these blog posts and is something we should be addressing in our presentation).
Here's a culture jam that I found on the Wooster Collection website that I found pretty interesting. It comes from Slovenia, and the billboard itself is written in Slovenian. I just love the message of this billboard (by the way, translated it says "he who reads this is an idiot"). To me, this billboard makes the viewers think about the way that we read and look at advertising. Are we idiots for doing it? Well, maybe not... But what I think they are trying to convey to the passerby is that you look at an advertisement and can't think critically about what you're looking at, or you buy into whatever the ad is trying to sell- then you are an idiot, and a consumer.I thought it was kind of interesting and would be neat to see what people on the streets of Slovenia thought about this image.
- Keekers
Haha, this post reminds me of those ads for selling advertising. You know, you see them at bus stops all the time and they say,
ReplyDelete"You just proved advertising works"
They drive me crazy...I feel used whenever I read them.
ShadowsDreaming
I think this is great! Sometimes the message might have to be a bit insulting to get people thinking, to get you feeling a bit enraged. Might help to decide who you're angry at, those who are throwing the message in your face or advertisers?
ReplyDeleteGesundheit.