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Project for a culture-jamming workshop. It doesn't look great online - but it's intended to be a way to block out advertising.
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What if you made the ads turn into trees or something?...
Cool! This says a lot...
spammers! everywhere!!!!!
Hi. When I viewed this, all I could see was a static picture and the only things clickable were a few neon ads. No project notes reflected either. Did I miss something or must I download it to see it? Tell me more. :(
It doesn't help that I don't have any project notes (which I have since added). :) We conducted a workshop about "reclaiming the mental environment" and this project represents one way of doing it through ad elimination or reimagination.
(view all replies)I like that phrase "reclaiming the mental environment"! But I'm unsure about the implications and consequences of filtering vs. censoring. The "pollution" in conjunction with information both feels right and yet reminds me of "burning books" and "degenerate art" <strikes a thinking pose>
I understand what you mean about the problems with censoring. Where the book burning and degenerate art analogies fail for me, is that advertising is an inequitable space, where socioeconomic status is privileged and enacted in a mostly repressive fashion. Most people are excluded - who can afford to express themselves visually in Times Square? Perhaps leaving advertising unchallenged is like supporting book burning? Maybe there are situations in which censoring expands expressive potential?
(view all replies)Reminds me of what I think Delillo called "information sickness." It would be cool if the buildings sort of shuddered slightly before transforming. Maybe some sort of distortion. The distortion filters within Scratch are a bit slow, unfortunately.
Cool idea. If the entire scene could be changed to simple geometries, maybe triggered by mouseovers, it would be pretty dramatic.
Ah, this current version is a total hack (which is simultaneously being mauled by the Java player). I'm going to try a remake based on your suggestions. We organized a culture jamming workshop last week and I used this ad elimination as one example of reclaiming the mental environment.