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My wife accuses me of seeing likenesses where they don’t exist. Which has led me to question my own (uncanny) ability to see likenesses all over the place. I call them “bizarro,” which gets me off the hook as I can point to vague similarities instead.
But @thedrun‘s photo up there is 100 percent, spot-on, so incredibly like what we all think it is, you have to wonder …
Obama on the 38?! Or Fred Armisen? Hmm
Yes, @thedrun, you are right.
Not much I could add to what Tosh.0 editors had to say about this. Except that maybe someone at the ad agency should’ve noted the unfortunate placement of this ad … on a bus. To their credit, the ad doesn’t say, “It happens in here.”
This is what the team at Wooster Collective did earlier this month in Madrid. More than 60 contributors woke up at the crack of dawn and surprised Madrid’s bus riders with a message take over.
Check it out:
We were honored to be asked to participate in the latest PublicAdCampaign project: the Madrid Street Ad Takeover project. Last Thursday at 5:30 AM over 106 messages replaced advertising in light boxes around Madrid. 4 teams of 16 dedicated folks took only one hour to complete the takeover. Though removed within about 5 hours, most were documented and can be found here. Luckily, there were no arrests.
Contributors were asked to send in text that was printed in black on a white background. People involved included artists, lawyers, teachers, sociologists and gallery owners. Everyone submitted a sentiment about what they would like to see in public space to create a vision of what the public environment could be.
You can read more about the takeover and see more pictures at Wooster Collective.
Though advertising in bus shelters is probably a necessary revenue generator, I can’t help but wonder what kind of messages we would put in our Muni bus shelters if we had the choice. Ideas?
“Tired” is bleu man‘s title for this photo. We agree. It’s contagious, even.
Photo by Amber Wolf of Wiz Bang Photography
Muni Diaries celebrated our third birthday on Friday with another Muni Diaries Live show. If you were at the packed Make-Out Room on Friday, you know that the audience and our performers threw down for a good time. So what happens when you put five top-notch performers on stage and mix that with a crowd who chants, “Back Door”? Let’s see… Read more
