https://democraticmediaplease.net/2019/03/video-22nd-march-2019-melbourne-central/
for the 2019 subvertisers international week of action (19-25 march) i took a fire extinguisher full of paint to some of the most obnoxious advertising in melbourne: the video screens that play ads, with audio, on the platforms at melbourne central train station.
the screens used to play advertising interspersed with segments from sky news (the pay-TV news channel that makes the free-to-air corporate news look progressive) but now they are playing ads interspersed with bullshit american celebrity news, which is perhaps a marginal improvement, but i can’t be sure.
i was disappointed to only be able to spray 3 of the 12 video screens that play on the 4 platforms at melbourne central before my extinguisher was exhausted, i guess next time i’ll need a trolley and at least 4 fire extinguishers.
the haters were out in force this day, with me being told i was an idiot that was costing taxpayers money for the clean-up (lol), and that public space costs money and without advertising, taxes will rise (lmao) — looks like the time that sky news played in the tunnel had it’s intended effect, with average joe plebs going in to bat for the top end of town.
of course there was support as well, but my protest often serves as an outlet for people’s hatred of graffiti (even though i have about as much in common with a graffiti artist as i do a house painter), and i think the giant spray-can makes that happen even more so.i was released from the police station after being interviewed, awaiting charges of criminal damage, the police were rather pleasant which was grand
for the 2019 subvertisers international week of action (19-25 march) i took a fire extinguisher full of paint to some of the most obnoxious advertising in melbourne: the video screens that play ads, with audio, on the platforms at melbourne central train station.
the screens used to play advertising interspersed with segments from sky news (the pay-TV news channel that makes the free-to-air corporate news look progressive) but now they are playing ads interspersed with bullshit american celebrity news, which is perhaps a marginal improvement, but i can’t be sure.
i was disappointed to only be able to spray 3 of the 12 video screens that play on the 4 platforms at melbourne central before my extinguisher was exhausted, i guess next time i’ll need a trolley and at least 4 fire extinguishers.
the haters were out in force this day, with me being told i was an idiot that was costing taxpayers money for the clean-up (lol), and that public space costs money and without advertising, taxes will rise (lmao) — looks like the time that sky news played in the tunnel had it’s intended effect, with average joe plebs going in to bat for the top end of town.
of course there was support as well, but my protest often serves as an outlet for people’s hatred of graffiti (even though i have about as much in common with a graffiti artist as i do a house painter), and i think the giant spray-can makes that happen even more so.i was released from the police station after being interviewed, awaiting charges of criminal damage, the police were rather pleasant which was grand
"Drunk at the matinee" is a collection of candid poetry about stupid shit that we all experience from day to day.
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