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I’m continually blown away by human creativity. Watch for exhibit A. Give it to Banksy, he is the master of ironic juxtaposition. Trouble is, it’s one thing to be provacative and challenging as an outsider, it’s another to live with the output, i.e. the community is going to deal with the consequences of this kind of provocation. Could an image like this stir up enough hatred [...] Nike now allows you to photograph a street scene with your cellphone, which then can be uploaded to create a customized show based on the colors of your image, completing a curious cycle from street to the factory (god knows where and under what conditions) and then sent back you for more street action. This [...] By Blu Technorati Tags: blu File this one under WTF. Adidas finds a safe rebellion to latch onto to give it some street cred by creating a little action movie about rebel gardeners with GPS, night vision and an assortment of other TV crime show devices. Notice the quasi-’70s-era bongo suspense music. Thing is, gardens take nurturing, building and developing [...] I beautiful little documentary about a great artist who creates urban portraits in chalk. Banksy strikes again. One criticism though – with a diet like that I doubt his body would be so fit! Technorati Tags: Banksy The votes are in. Streetsy has posted the most popular photos of street art in 2007. The winner is…… “muck on ludlow” “unknown, nolita” Technorati Tags: streetsy Some photos documenting my obsession with street art. This set is from the streets of Rome. OK NSA filters, here’s the innocuous headline translation: marking-up modernist architecture. Strange how artistic expression could be interpreted as terrorism. Imagine how in the post-9/11 world a band like Einstürzende Neubauten (“Collapsing New Buildings”) would be misconstrued. It wouldn’t surprising me if certain government elements in their enthusiasm to define everything under the murky rubric [...] “You want information? Take a look at this city, Maya. The graffiti on the walls, the crazy shit the bums and crackheads and wild kids come out with. This is the underground data exchange; the infranet. The city is the hardware and the people are the software.” From the Wooster Collective |
Bridging media literacy with ecoliteracy, this blog features various meditations and musings by Antonio Lopez, an old school dharma punk and media educator. He is the author of:
Mediacology
Now available, Antonio's health and media literacy CDROM curriculum for youth of color, Merchants of Culture. This valuable resource contains dozens of video and print examples of how advertisers market harmful substances such as alcohol and tobacco to various niche audiences, including Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Asians, GLBT and Women. This is an excellent primer for introducing the subject of cultural marketing to high school and middle school students. This is also a great product for health professionals and councilors working in the area of prevention. 
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