Thursday, April 17, 2008

new banksy

the latest from guerilla graffiti artist banksy.

there is one CCTV camera for every 13 people in london. it's creepy, and even creepier is, after 6 months i've almost become used to the cameras smattered in every building, every doorway, every train station, every escalator, every gate, every...

the publishing/art design company i worked for last semester, sweet dreams security creates provocative design for the everyday security-conscious world that we have seemingly almost blindly come to accept. Matthias's work has been exhibited at MOMA and has been named one of london's rising 'art stars' many times over -- his "meow" cat cover for CCTV cameras is one of his tongue-in-cheek designs that addresses this constantly watched existence. check out his stuff, it's pretty brilliant.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Everyone wants to be a star and now you can be in a reality show being produced by your Prime Minister. Lucky.