{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{},"credit":"","date":"2009-11-02T14:40:17Z","description":"As you maybe know, one of the most popular urban artists, Shepard Fairey, was in Europe. In addition to some beautiful photos of his poster actions, there’s a nice video...","html":"\u003cp\u003eSome days ago, i actually wrote about the \u003ca href=\"/obey-european-invasion/\"\u003eEuropean Invasion by Obey\u003c/a\u003e aka Shepard Fairey with some really nice photos of his poster actions in London, Paris and Amsterdam.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday I found this nice video of that action days. It includes a small statement by Obey and a lot of nice impressions from the streets.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI started in 1989 with that images of “André the Giant”, the wrestler, just as an inside-joke with some friends. But I really want it to put across the idea of an image, calling the use of public space in the question.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd I wanted to use a word with the image that really makes people think about the agenda of everything they’re confronted with. So I started to use the word “Obey”. And “Obey” is really reverse-psychology\u0026hellip;\n(Shepard Fairey)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://revok1.com/blog/2009/11/obey/\"\u003eRevok\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nSome days ago, i actually wrote about the [European Invasion by Obey](/obey-european-invasion/) aka Shepard Fairey with some really nice photos of his poster actions in London, Paris and Amsterdam.\n\nToday I found this nice video of that action days. It includes a small statement by Obey and a lot of nice impressions from the streets.\n\n\u003e I started in 1989 with that images of “André the Giant”, the wrestler, just as an inside-joke with some friends. But I really want it to put across the idea of an image, calling the use of public space in the question.\n\u003e\n\u003e And I wanted to use a word with the image that really makes people think about the agenda of everything they’re confronted with. So I started to use the word “Obey”. And “Obey” is really reverse-psychology...\n\u003e (Shepard Fairey)\n\nVia [Revok](http://revok1.com/blog/2009/11/obey/).\n","tags":["Documentary Film","Obey","Shepard Fairey","Paper Art","Graffiti Europe"],"title":"Obey in Europe - Video","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/obey-in-europe-video/"}