Sunday, March 28, 2004

I've had a bit of a 'subversive art' weekend spotting Banksy all over London.

It started with this:


'To advertise here call 0800 Banksy'

We saw it opposite a spray painted advertisement in the same font and the same style with the 'real' advertiser's name on it, selling space on a wall in Bethnal Green.

So I'm looking for it everywhere we go and we see the Banksy monkeys and we have a big conversation about Banksy and stencil grafitti, and we see lots. But then bizarrely, the next day I see this:


'Heh heh Nesstle how many kids did you ya kill today?'

Which is so far up the other end of the spectrum that you can't even see it without a heat lamp.

The sentiment? Well yes of course. I can see the point of it.

But, hold on. Call me picky if you like but I would have said that in order to get your message across with any sincerity, you really, surely need to be able to spell the name of your adversary correctly first...

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