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The Stealthy Politics of Urban Advertising
- matheusmoreira 5y agoUrban advertising? More like visual pollution.
- seanicus 5y agoAm I the guy with the bong in his lap if I say that any man-made structure should be considered visual pollution?
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoWhat is the exhaust of the bong, then? ;->
- Kiboneu 5y agoYes, and it's probably time pass it around. Advertising introduces a visual symbol usually without cohering to the architecture and layout of the space, by design, to attract attention. So if all man made structures are visual pollution, I'd say that advertising would be visual meta pollution.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoI wouldn't say that about any man-made structure but you're definitely right about many of them.
- techbio 5y agoSome exceptional buildings (there are many, but not most) transcend their property/production purpose to have positive visual and aesthetic or other value (historical, innovative etc.) and be beautiful or something on their own; not visual pollution. But they were not built this way for no reason, assuredly the architects, builders, owners, and affiliates gain some goodwill/awareness/advertising value from an important structure in a meaningful location. Same then for every other structure, only at 10-100X less revenue per hundred impressions. Property is advertising. To the left.
- Nasrudith 5y agoIs a pile of manure visual pollution too? But intentional or not it makes the point that visual pollution is pretty arbitrarily defined.
- aaron695 5y agoYes, you stoned. Humans enjoy looking at man-made structures. Even loners on islands build. To live in invisible infrastructure would be unsettling. Seeing security is part of our happiness. As are ideas around wealth. And work and fulfillment. It also allows us to enjoy nature. Without it nature to us would be nothing, just 'is' Can't we start with information pollution - ads, and see how we feel?
- nohuck13 5y ago"We would “sticker bomb” a vinyl decal of a two-headed Rottweiler on lampposts, power boxes, bar bathrooms, and park benches" Stickers are the worst. They can't be painted over like spray paint. They get brittle as they age. Removal requires a human with a razor blade and some shop cloths and minutes of time Edit: and good luck preserving the surface if it's old, soft, or already overpainted.
- MisterTea 5y ago> Removal requires a human with a razor blade and some shop cloths and minutes of time. Or a few seconds with a 3000 PSI power washer and narrow fan nozzle. Though doesn't work nicely indoors.
- snypher 5y agoThanks for the microplastics with a typical "no longer my problem" approach.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoIf the sticker is just left to weather the same will happen.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoWell, it's not really his problem. These companies put their trash in our property and we're supposed to clean it up? Such an indignity. It's the advertisers who are the problem. They're the ones dumping their garbage on us, reaping the benefits and then expecting us to clean up after them. Wish someone would just drop the banhammer on the whole industry already.
- pope_meat 5y agoI blame the prospectors who found the oil. Fuck it, let's kick the can like we mean it: I blame the dinosaurs who died and turned in to oil.