DIY Culture or Culture Jammers, purpose... to stop the visual polluation of media in society. Though done in a destructive manner, you can't help but be intrigued with the thought and effort gone into them!!
Digging further, i discovered that there are culture jammer collections around the country, which hold regular meetings to organise and discuss this kind of action. This kind of thing poses the question... Has advertising gone to far? everywhere we look these days theres leaflets, posters, billboards, bus adverts, taxi adverts, window ads.. the list could go on.. but does it really help? Or as culture jammers are proving.. just pissing people off.
Being surrounded by advertising on a daily basis, everyone has their own opinions on the matter... I personally
love and hate them! You can watch a smart clever advert on tv, and be mesmerised.. and when it ends.. think wow, i wish i had thought of that.. then on the complete reverse, watch an awful advert, and cringe... and wonder why such crap was allowed to be aired!
I think our society saw the opportunity to expand with mass advertising, but failed to see the point, where mass advertising just isn't working. If you see one advert, you see 10 and mostly the same advert!! Shouldn't there be a limit on just how far advertising should be allowed to go? One to think about....
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