Jag Talon reviewed Advertising Shits in Your Head by Vyvian Raoul
Fascinating to read about the reasons people deface and remove ads
4 stars
The book is filled with creative subvertising images, too, which I enjoyed.
176 pages
English language
Published July 27, 2019 by PM Press.
Advertising Shits in Your Head calls adverts what they are—a powerful means of control through manipulation—and highlights how people across the world are fighting back. It diagnoses the problem and offers practical tips for a DIY remedy. Faced with an ad-saturated world, activists are resisting, equipped with stencils, printers, high-visibility vests, and utility tools. With case studies from both sides of the Atlantic, this book showcases the ways in which small groups are taking on corporations and states at their own game: propaganda. This international edition includes an illustrated introduction from Josh MacPhee, case studies and interviews with Art in Ad Places, Public Ad Campaign, Resistance Is Female; Brandalism, and Special Patrol Group, plus photography from Luna Park and Jordan Seiler.
The book is filled with creative subvertising images, too, which I enjoyed.