{"id":9488,"date":"2012-09-03T21:20:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=9488"},"modified":"2012-09-03T21:43:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:43:30","slug":"graffiti-artist-banksy-on-public-advertising-its-yours-to-take-re-arrange-and-re-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/graffiti-artist-banksy-on-public-advertising-its-yours-to-take-re-arrange-and-re-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Graffiti artist Banksy on public advertising: ‘It\u2019s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Graffiti<\/p>\n

I’m loving this angry diatribe\u00a0by the\u00a0graffiti\u00a0artist Banksy about\u00a0advertising. I share his sentiments exactly.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Graffiti<\/p>\n

People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small.<\/p>\n

They make flippant comments from buses that imply you\u2019re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else.<\/p>\n

They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it.<\/p>\n

They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.<\/p>\n

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.<\/p>\n

Fuck that.<\/p>\n

Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It\u2019s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use.<\/p>\n

You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.<\/p>\n

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don\u2019t owe them any courtesy. They owe you.<\/p>\n

They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don\u2019t even start asking for theirs.<\/p>\n

– Banksy<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Related articles:<\/p>\n

Smashing the image factory<\/strong><\/a>
\nA Complete Manual of Billboard Subversion & Destruction<\/a><\/p>\n

Banksy website<\/a><\/p>\n

Discuss this topic on our busy bulletin boards!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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