{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Ads vs. Urban Environment","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment1.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2012-03-15T15:21:25Z","description":"Crumpled ad poster destroyed bus shelter and Italian street artist BR1 sounds the bell for another round ads vs. urban environment! ","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdvertisment confuse every day our choises exalting qualities that doesn’t exist and creating a sort of shame world. Today, in a moment of financial insecurity, we must discover the real value and authenticity of what we have and we need.\u003c/em\u003e (BR1)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItalian street artist \u003cstrong\u003eBR1\u003c/strong\u003e just came up with a new, inspiring and very critical street installation, presenting crumpled poster ads destroying a window of a Berlin bus shelter. This installation is not vandalism in the first place, it’s much more a creative metaphor trying to get to the bottom of today’s advert-society. It illustrates the everyday fight between ads and urban environment and it is also using a certain humorous remark and wink, what makes it a simple, but effective piece of urban artwork.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn my eyes, it’s a controversial message of a movement that wants to shape the city in their own way, without being bothered by uncountable adverts on the streets and everywhere else. What do you think?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 2752\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"2752\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2752\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_ff43f4fe1343cb1.avif 480w, /ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_86dca1ce82a898b1.avif 960w, /ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_f34793e6b62bea2d.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_4c62cd6291b2b0f0.webp 480w, /ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_43ac5aa35a9aa196.webp 960w, /ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_a76a57463f59c231.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_1e49988725af0fb6.jpg\" srcset=\"/ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_eb9e18f402041a3b.jpg 480w, /ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_6bcc8ec166d24235.jpg 960w, /ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment_hu_1e49988725af0fb6.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2154\" alt=\"BR1 - ads vs urban environment\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eBR1 - ads vs urban environment\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.rebelart.net/diary/br1-ads-are-destroying-our-critical-thinking/0012912/\"\u003erebelart.net\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Advertisment confuse every day our choises exalting qualities that doesn’t exist and creating a sort of shame world. Today, in a moment of financial insecurity, we must discover the real value and authenticity of what we have and we need.* (BR1)\n\nItalian street artist **BR1** just came up with a new, inspiring and very critical street installation, presenting crumpled poster ads destroying a window of a Berlin bus shelter. This installation is not vandalism in the first place, it’s much more a creative metaphor trying to get to the bottom of today’s advert-society. It illustrates the everyday fight between ads and urban environment and it is also using a certain humorous remark and wink, what makes it a simple, but effective piece of urban artwork.\n\nIn my eyes, it’s a controversial message of a movement that wants to shape the city in their own way, without being bothered by uncountable adverts on the streets and everywhere else. What do you think?\n\n![BR1 - ads vs urban environment](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/ads-vs-urban-environment/BR1-ads-urban-environment.jpg\u003e)\n\nBR1 - ads vs urban environment \nVia [rebelart.net](http://www.rebelart.net/diary/br1-ads-are-destroying-our-critical-thinking/0012912/).\n","tags":["Art Installation","Advertising","Street Protest","BR1","Urban Art Berlin"],"title":"Ads vs. Urban Environment","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/ads-vs-urban-environment/"}