Obey Giant – WORLDWIDE PROPAGANDA DELIVERY

A friend of mine sent me a link to a thought provoking clothing company. The company is called Obey Clothing and they have been PROPAGANDA ENGINEERING since 1989. The idea behind the company is that the viewer uses common sense and consideration when observing stickers or other propaganda material. Shepard Fairey is the innovative mastermind behind the company. He took a picture of Andre the Giant, made it in to a sticker and put the sticker everywhere. The sticker contains nothing but an image, no words, nothing.

The idea is to PROVOKE THOUGHT about the mechanics of the system we live in…not to destroy it. Everyone has to live here. Plus there are extreme individuals who wish to label all street artists as vandals and push for harsher and harsher penalties and prosecution.

“The cities build tennis courts, basketball courts, football fields, even skate parks at millions of dollars cost to the tax payer. Where are the public mural walls? It’s all about control of the public space. If the opponents of street art are the only ones who speak out then they will be the only ones who are listened to. The idea is to fight fire with fire and express ourselves intelligently. If we don’t come across as a bunch of vandals we may find that the silent majority is actually supportive of public artistic expression.” -Shepard

Shepard was also responsible for the Obama image above. Pure talent! Check out http://obeygiant.com/ for more information.