Comments on: Achtung! Die grosskapitalistischen Hühner kommen!

By: Puff+Stuff

Puff+Stuff — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:37:25 +0000

If you look at some of the other images on minigraffs flickr page (the ‘borrowed’ link you have inserted above), you will notice that she/ he has recently visited Berlin…. hmm, doesn’t take brain surgery to work that one out! It’s all original minigraff!

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:30:52 +0000

I’ve just discovered what is probably the original paste-up from which this idea is “borrowed”. I’m significantly less impressed now.

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:45 +0000

@Fitzroyalty: Well, the “Achtung!” paste-up is gone. Plenty of space for something new to appear…

By: Fitzroyalty

Fitzroyalty — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:21:17 +0000

Sarcastic anonymous street art beats scrappy band posters! So by threatening to prosecute those that can be easily identified, this act has unintentionally opened the space for more art

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:12:55 +0000

@Alastair: Well spotted. Yes, it is all advertising, whether it's for a big advertiser or small. And yes, I suspect my core issue is the kind of advertising I'd like to see in my village. I'm a big fan of diversity, and I gather that diversity is important for evolution, for creativity etc. A monoculture is unhealthy. When I go to different places I want to see different, distinctive things. Which is why I'm disappointed when I see the same Big Brands everywhere I go. On this bridge, I'd like to see new and different things, not more posters for the same-old. Actually, what I'd really like to see is just a wall, with no advertising whatsoever. But, given that every flat surface must have A Message of some kind, a new and different message would be nice.

By: Alastair

Alastair — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:51:54 +0000

I’m not sure I’m making the jump from “anyone can promote their event” to “community space”. Surely if people are promoting any kind of commercial venture, it’s advertising already?

So if I understand it correctly, you’re concerned about changing the *kind* of advertising that is displayed here? (Presumably it will only be from those advertisers that have sufficient funds…)

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:05:15 +0000

@Simon Rumble and @coljac: I know Marrickville Council is supposedly worried about income — I don’t know why, real estate prices have skyrocketed and so therefore should Council rates — but this is just cheap and nasty, yes.

Maybe the tactic should be for us all to phone the number and say what a bad idea we think it is. It’s 9938 2806.

And I’m smarter than Google because I could work out what “Willkommen! zu unseren neuen Hühnoberherren” meant.

By: coljac

coljac — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:10:13 +0000

If only they’d posted it over the phone number.

A shame to see something so ugle created for a few pennies.

(Und ich sage ,,Willkommen!” zu unseren neuen Huhnoberherren.)

By: Simon Rumble

Simon Rumble — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:29:13 +0000

Oh I didn’t quite catch what that said on the bus this morning but I was intrigued.

Well we might just have to paste over any paid advertising that appears there, huh?