Fill in the blank: culture jamming and the advertising of agency

New Dir Youth Dev. 2010 Spring;2010(125):99-112. doi: 10.1002/yd.341.

Abstract

This article is a review on billboard liberation and some other proj-ects that develop the idea of talking back or over advertising in a playful and youthful way. In one of them, Ji Lee's Bubble Project, an artist places blank thought-bubble stickers on street advertisements and waits to see what people write on them, completing the work of art and transgression. In other initiative, blank pages with the word God were placed around the city in place of advertising, inviting people to complete the prayer/complaint and to participate in a Suggestion Box, a project that collected "suggestions" from people out in the street. A review of playful and youthful ways to "rebel" against the impositions of powers like media and advertising.

MeSH terms

  • Advertising*
  • Art
  • Crime
  • Culture*
  • Humans
  • Politics