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'Consumption is a Treatable
Disease' - Guy Dubord
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Billbord,UK
Unknown, 1999
Medium Big
FCUK Fashion Fuckwits
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French Connection UK (fcuk) have had the tables turned on them with this one. There deliberate use of fcuk, to create a 'Douse that say fuck' double take is even more ponient here. The original billboard showed two woman and the caption 'yes both'. Graffiti has been added to create 'yes, both of us are fashion fuckwits'. |
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Black and white square badge with 'Warning! Exploit Consumerism' written on it. |
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Billbord, UK
Unknown, 1999
Medium Big
FCUK I am a Fashion Robot |
French Connection UK (fuck) advert depicting a man with the caption 'wash my mind out'. Graffiti added to create 'wash my mind out I am a fashion robot' |
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Subvert,
Unknown
Medium
FCK KFC |
Kentucky
Fried Chicken KFC changes to FCK and a black version of the Colonel. |
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Tommy
advert subvertised from Tommy Hilfiger with TOMMY changed to TO
MY and Hilfiger changed to ILL FIGURE added. |
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Cartoon
with a couple consuming various things including fossil fuel, food,
magazines, clothes contraceptives and finally sleep all in one day.
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'The finest coffee beans are often grown in the poorest countries
as 'cash crops' - exported to the richer north as part of payment
for the country's debt to our banks'... |
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Cartoon,
USA
Clay Butler, 1993
Medium Big
Consumerism for Beginners
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Cartoon in the series 'Sidewalk Bubblegum'. |
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Very
simple manipulation of a GAP ad poster featuring someone wearing a sweatshirt.
Sweatshirt did read 'GAP ATHLETIC' but by removing a couple of letters
we get 'AP ATH ETIC' |
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Afraid
your kid won't have the aggressive edge to survive, why not kit them
out from Kidco and turn them into ruthless psychopaths. 'Recommended
play gear. To shape young minds for the future.' |
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'All
your alienation symbolized in our cruel range of products' and 'Picket
here Saturday'. |
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Subvert,
USA
Unknown,1999
Medium
Continent Target Store |
Spoof banner ad of their GAP retail chain. |
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'I'm
not a Target Market' badge. White writing on orange. |
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Large
banner hung 100 feet above the Mall of America in Minneapolis with
caption 'Shop till you drop'. It was 600 square foot and hung for
a whole day as part of 'No Shop Day'. |
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