Brandalism

Web Urbanist recently reported about 'Brandalism', a project where 300 hundred bus shelter ad spaces across the UK had been replaced with thought-provoking works criticizing capitalist culture by 40 street artists. The campaign is a response to the fact that the UK's advertising industry pays just under £250 per person a year in the hope of selling to them, through manipulation and consistent reminders that we as citizens "need" lots of material things.

Converse Cons Project

I was lucky enough to be picked out of the applicants to attend the Converse Cons project in Peckham to celebrate London's most inspirational creative talent. 

On the 28th June I went along to the Copeland Gallery to check out some interesting graffiti, new styles of Converse sneakers, live screen printing, and some great musical acts such as Fabio and Grooverider, DJ Sticky, and MC Creed. It was an intimate party, which made the night even more enjoyable and there were even a few free drinks thrown in, which of course, is great with me. 

I would recommend anyone going to check it out for an interesting evening/night in one of London's most up and coming areas for creativity. There are music, song writing, and photography  events still going on in July so it's still worth applying. 

Check out the Cons Project Tumblr here

Instagram TV

Since Instagram launched it's video feature, I have seen a lot of interesting and experimental series on the platform from brands making use of the 15 second bite-size content feature.

From BBC news to Delve TV History lessons, and Fish tales cooking, many brands are flocking to the channel to target the ever increasing socially savvy audience to get engaging content in front of them. 

The newest to do this is a film maker called Aleks Arcabascio who has created a comedy series called Artistically Challenged that follows the life of Nick, a young struggling artist who tells a small white lie and ends up being feated as the darling of the New York Art Scene. Dazed Digital has reported about the sketch show, and it seems like this may be the future of content distribution for many more entertainment brands to come. 

Have you seen any interesting Instagram TV series lately? If so I'd definitely be interested in watching. 

Image via Dazed Digital