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Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Walter Niedermayr

Themes of commodification and invasion of nature by man.

"He raises questions about our desire, when we are on holiday, to feel like we are in the ungovernable forces of nature, but always safe in the knowledge that our creature comforts are within reach." Charlotte Cotton, from The Photograph as Contemporary Art.

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Miles Coolidge - Safetyville

Safetyville, 1996

Photographs of fake suburban town in California where kids are taught pedestrian safety. "A miniature town built at one-third scale in Sacramento, California." Is similar to a film set in that there are small signs that it isn't a natural town. Dimensions are slightly off, deserted etc. Like the fake reality. It looks like a town from a computer game that has then been rebuilt in reality.

Safetyville from above on googleearth.

Sunday, 4 September 2011

São Paulo: A City Without Ads | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters

"The Clean City Law came from a necessity to combat pollution … pollution of water, sound, air, and the visual. We decided that we should start combating pollution with the most conspicuous sector – visual pollution." - Mayor Kassab

On The Media's Bob Garfield interviewed Vinicius Galvao, a reporter for Folha de São Paulo, Brazil's largest newspaper, about São Paulo's ban on visual pollution.

bg: I want to ask you about the cultural life of the city, because, like them or not, billboards and logos and bright lights create some of the vibrancy that a city has to offer. Isn't it weird walking through the streets with all of those images just absent?

vg: No. It's weird, because you get lost, so you don't have any references any more. That's what I realized as a citizen. My reference was a big Panasonic billboard. But now my reference is art deco building that was covered through this Panasonic. So you start getting new references in the city. The city's got now new language, a new identity.

Read full article here:São Paulo: A City Without Ads | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters