Anti-advertising
Tagline: How to empower people to take over advertising on the streets
While the non-commercial space for posters is shrinking, the ads are ever more pervasive. The american activists have conquered bill boards for a long time, but there are not too many this kind of activists in Finland.
The short text presents various methods on how to overcome advertising on the streets in a creative way. The bill boards can be improved in many ways: by adding crayon box in it, adding comment box, by changing the copywriter text and list goes on..
Street stickers
Tagline: Hints for streets' sticker art expression
Try remixing materials you would otherwise never mix: digital images, drawing and water colours, for instance. The sticker art might make people notice streets might look nicer.
Cooperate with young artists - they know how to take over the city visually. Place your stickers strategically. Try to think where your 'target group' is and place your message there.
Both texts were published as chapters of book Hässäkkä - the pacifist how-to guide for activists
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Hässäkkä (Activism guide for pacifists)
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