tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post8598346625495544292..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: Advertising imitating Street ArtAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-80185486636910327712011-07-11T11:52:11.935+02:002011-07-11T11:52:11.935+02:00First time I see this kind of advertising. I will ...First time I see this kind of advertising. I will open my eyes and see if and how it develops. <br /><br />We complain sometimes about too many billboards and advertising all over the place, but if you look on photos from some 100 years ago, you can see that almost all blind walls were covered by advertising.PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-50438096473896892942011-07-07T18:35:11.429+02:002011-07-07T18:35:11.429+02:00another interesting article and theme. I have no o...another interesting article and theme. I have no opinion on this but I see the point you're making. I haven't seen any such 'wall paintings/cum ad posters' but in most countries I have lived, private 'shopkeepers' did paint some sort of ad for their shop on the walls of their property. So maybe it's just a trend that HAD to come?!Kikihttp://www.flickr.com/photos/vol-au-vent/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-84344716876352502152011-07-07T09:59:22.406+02:002011-07-07T09:59:22.406+02:00I agree that there are many similarities between t...I agree that there are many similarities between these two worlds, and that they have often influenced each other, but there seems to be something slightly different about this one. <br /><br />What is perhaps most interesting of all is how it is superseding the existing billboard underneath, but in a very 'low-tech' manner (and this at a time when the RATP is installing more and more Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-57227647597308944602011-07-06T23:57:32.086+02:002011-07-06T23:57:32.086+02:00Advertisers have already co-opted spray paint and ...Advertisers have already co-opted spray paint and stencils, so this was only a matter of time... But then again, wheatpasting is a street-art throwback to the old ways of posting bills on any available wall space, isn't it?Omidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068534643685603490noreply@blogger.com