A coouple of people from whitechapel anarchists went out one night and sprayed ‘FUCK OFF BACK TO ETON’ on a Tory Cameron election poster… WITH REAL PAINT AND DARING…as a real expression of class anger. now it is indistinguishable from thousands of posters on the internet…which exist only on the internet not in physical form….comrades putting posters on facebook/internet which don’t exist in concrete form is a wank.
those those who want to see how it was done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODCvwwFtmU
People see them though. People who usually won’t engage with anything political, cos we all know it’s boring as fuck yeah.
So, imagine someone on facebook. Some random friend posts a pic of a defaced Cameron on their facebook wall. She sees it and thinks that’s quite cool, and so “likes” it. It’s made her think about something she wouldn’t otherwise think about, and in a cool way.
Now the same person walked past your defaced Cameron poster on a Whitechapel hoarding, head down, eyes fixed firmly to the ground and never even noticed it.
That’s a bit harsh, I mean, think of AMP…better on both the street and the net, and since the High Street is dying on its arse, maybe the net serves the purpose of commodity circulation and dissent? If those comrades hadn’t taken a photo of it then how many people would’ve actually seen it? Oh bollocks, I know what you’re saying…
Funny really, since I just saw on telly that the Cato Street Conspirators have their own blue plaque-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cato_Street_Conspiracy.jpg
But then again you’re talking about making history, not merely commemorating or recording it.
I think all that matters is that ideas and messages are put out there in as many varied forms as possible. It doesn’t matter if it’s on a real brick wall or on a Facebook wall. Surely all that matters is that the ideas and messages are made accessible to as many people as possible.
I think we’re comparing apples and oranges.
I’ve done both. One pic we put on sabcats facebook had 800,000 views in just a few days.It’s still out there, can’t be scrubbed off.
But I agree with the sentiment of getting out there being real (not just graffiti).
I like all of the slogans, but the ones that are done for real are the most powerful. Getting off your arse and taking the risk means the slogans have more impact. They’re the most motivating IMO.
the point is, its no good sitting at home moaning on Facebook. That is not gonna change anything. If yer gonna deface a hoarding, yer also more likely to take other, more proper an direct action
people are talking about online vs on the street after watching a video on youtube about something that happened on the street… have the best of both worlds, do shit on the street an then stick it online
Anyone know if AMP is OK? He/She hasn’t posted here or on his/her own blog in months…