Gothamist: Corporate Graffiti, Take 2

FLASHABC

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:29:48 -0500

if the other elements of hip hop can get paid we for sure (at least the old shoolers) have just as much right to make that dollor

keusta

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 04:44:42 -0500

graffiti must show the reality !

Jon

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 08:50:49 -0500

There is one of these in my neighborhood (East Harlem) advertising Showtime's upcoming series version of the movie Barbershop. The space has been used for corporated graffiti advertising for a while now. Every few weeks or so the crew shows up and paints over the old. It hasn't been tagged at all, which is an interesting commentary I suppose, both on the content of the ad and the neighborhood.

dirt

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:33:56 -0500

Good point. Now that you mention, I wonder if the agency or at least some sort of Hummer representatives "maintain" the mural.

jb

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:49:04 -0500

the real punchline to the story is that the mural went up a while ago. less than 24 hrs after the first time i saw it (i walk by every day) someone tagged it up w slogans along the lines of "FUCK YOU OIL WAR FUCKERS". a week or two later it was mysteriously cleaned up. this time, it took about a wk to get defaced again. but the joke's on w'burg; in about a year there're be plenty of hummers pulling in and out of the basement parking garages of luxury high rise condos.

Lady X

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:13:51 -0500

I feel really upset because what was once street is now corporate!!!!!!!!!

dirt

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:00:15 -0500

So a Boston agency is having NYC tagged...

99

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:40:46 -0500

These people were more likely responsible than Donny, who was either doing push ups when the account was up for review, or thanking all three of his viewers personally. But nice job on the research folks -- pretty impressive for a town reasonably bereft of agency presence.

Christian

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:07:38 -0500

Billboard Liberation Front http://www.billboardliberation.com/

janine

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:20:23 -0500

It does sort of make strange sense. Graffiti and hip hop go together. Hip hop and SUVs go together as well...

dirt

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:19:42 -0500

Hopefully marketers will realize this is a ridiculously stupid way to advertise a product. Yes, you get decent exposure and some publicity, but is that all that matters? What about the fact that people can comment publicly and permanently on your ad? At least the Time billboard seemed harder to reach, but it's still ineffective in my book. What do a series of controlled and meaningless tags say about a brand? Very little. I'm glad the Hummer ad was defaced - as it deserves to be. I imagine this idea was sold on the concept that "street art gives it street cred". Certainly; just as easily as that cred is removed by the street.

Joshua

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:10:54 -0500

Another view of the 2nd Street One Visual Resistence had a story & some discucssion here

spinachdip

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:06:39 -0500

The one on 2nd St was up for less than a week before it got defaced. It was lame anyway. http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyochin/16799405/

Tyler

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:58:30 -0500

Not quite the same as Time Magazine's billboard; Time had a message. Hummer was just trying to gain street cred.

Fred

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:53:42 -0500

I think Donny Deutsch must be behind this somehow.

vince

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:44:07 -0500

There is another on 2nd btw A and B. Someone has already gotten to it.

Bucky da ANIMAL

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:42:01 -0500

I hear there is a completely untouched mural on 18th or so street and 1st ave. But hey, I wouldn't want you little vandals defacing it now. LAF.

Jack

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:39:49 -0500

More pics on my site as well. Here: http://www.picpatrol.com/entry.php?category=3&entry_id=1009&page=0 And here: http://www.picpatrol.com/entry.php?category=3&entry_id=1006&page=0

PhilO

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:33:29 -0500

There is one between 1st and 2nd Ave on 19th Street (north side) on the 1st avenue corner.

psuedoalternativelifestylers

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:32:34 -0500

I like how some of the same graffiti artists in Williamsburg will eventually get married, have children and then decide to move back out to the suburbs where they came from, and purchase an SUV.

tien

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:25:24 -0500

i like how someone put arms in front of the car to make it look like people were being run over.