Comments on: Obey Banksy http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/ by Jane Austen Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cali http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/comment-page-1/#comment-96495 cali Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:35:38 +0000 http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/#comment-96495 <p><em>correction</em> i have been doing street art for years and compensation is far less than my goal</p> <p>-reason being because art is in itself is a gift-that should keep on giving</p> correction i have been doing street art for years and compensation is far less than my goal

-reason being because art is in itself is a gift-that should keep on giving

]]> By: cali http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/comment-page-1/#comment-96494 cali Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:31:39 +0000 http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/#comment-96494 <p>i have been doing street art for years and recognition is far less than my goal please believe once money becomes a factor things change without recognition a statement becomes far more defined this is a fine truth i have found through experience. as for Obey it is what it will be, nothing is ever exactly what it was, though the best things are constant and true</p> i have been doing street art for years and recognition is far less than my goal please believe once money becomes a factor things change without recognition a statement becomes far more defined this is a fine truth i have found through experience. as for Obey it is what it will be, nothing is ever exactly what it was, though the best things are constant and true

]]> By: doombot » The Respectability of Selling Out http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/comment-page-1/#comment-55535 doombot » The Respectability of Selling Out Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:21:37 +0000 http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/#comment-55535 <p>[...] you’ve been with us awhile, you might remember that I’ve ranted a bit before about Shepard Fairey’s “obey” product line. His “Andre the [...]</p> [...] you’ve been with us awhile, you might remember that I’ve ranted a bit before about Shepard Fairey’s “obey” product line. His “Andre the [...]

]]> By: doombot » How to Pretend to Be Art http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/comment-page-1/#comment-41697 doombot » How to Pretend to Be Art Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:45:49 +0000 http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/#comment-41697 <p>[...] have at times lamented that I think that some of Shepard Fairey’s “Obey” designs—on posters, clothing, [...]</p> [...] have at times lamented that I think that some of Shepard Fairey’s “Obey” designs—on posters, clothing, [...]

]]> By: doombot » When Generic People Get to Have Boots and Kidneys http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/comment-page-1/#comment-5973 doombot » When Generic People Get to Have Boots and Kidneys Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:16:00 +0000 http://doombot.com/2007/01/14/obey-banksy/#comment-5973 <p>[...] Don’t get me wrong: of course I think it’s a good idea to try to change gender stereotypes, and sure, I’d love to see creative people in government positions getting involved. It’s possible that this kind of campaign might even have some gradual effect on gender stereotypes. More than that, though, I think this campaign would act as the kind of “phenomenological experiment” that the Obey campaign was ostensibly shooting for before it became an underground marketing campaign for designer clothing. I think this new signage would make people question whether they can trust their environment more than whether they could trust societal definitions of gender norms. [...]</p> [...] Don’t get me wrong: of course I think it’s a good idea to try to change gender stereotypes, and sure, I’d love to see creative people in government positions getting involved. It’s possible that this kind of campaign might even have some gradual effect on gender stereotypes. More than that, though, I think this campaign would act as the kind of “phenomenological experiment” that the Obey campaign was ostensibly shooting for before it became an underground marketing campaign for designer clothing. I think this new signage would make people question whether they can trust their environment more than whether they could trust societal definitions of gender norms. [...]

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