Sitting, boycotting, black blocking, protesting, self-chaining to a tree: alter-globalization movements have been more than creative when it comes down to resist. Comparing businesses as “donkeys”, Brent Schulkin, a 27-year-old Stanford grad in San Francisco, created a new sort of “mob”, the Carrotmob to make businesses step forward to a more responsible state of mind. The deal is simple: the business makes a commitment, and he gets more consumers.
How does it work?
As it says on his website carrotmob.org, “It’s easier to understand if you look at an example. A liquor store agreed to invest in upgrades that made their store more energy-efficient. In exchange, hundreds of Carrotmobbers showed up at once to support the winning liquor store.”
Watch the explosive new documentary on international graffiti.
le 05 octobre 2009, David Pais
BOMB IT is the explosive new documentary from award-winning director Jon Reiss investigating the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: graffiti.
Featuring street artists and top graffiti writers from five continents, Bomb It – The Movie updates the story of graffiti with a truly international perspective.
Here is street art at his best. Blu and David Ellis, joined forces at 2nd annual FAME festival in Italy. Over ten days of shooting and painting to get this gigantic masterpiece.