Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The practice of making parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make an ironic statement.
Examples
“The launch of "Black Spot" sneakers is accompanied by a "subvertising" campaign aimed at humiliating Phil Knight and the Nike corporation.”
“As a form of communication, it comes in many varieties: political graffiti, graffiti art, advertising, gang-related tagging, drunk shaming, culture jamming subvertising, etc.”
“I can see them being targets for some subvertising or adbusting. yeah - it's Ken's idea.”
“Actions like writing, blogging, subvertising and critiquing cultural products such as song lyrics, films and TV shows are often considered indulgent or a less effective form of activism.”
“For this event, we will curate a panel, moderated by The Wooster Collective, including some of the renegades leading the subvertising charge: Steve Lambert, artist and creator of Anti-Advertising Agency and Jordan Seiler of The Public Ad Campaign Video kills the display ad … metricsADOTAS - Bambi Francisco, co-founder and CEO of Vator. tv said, "Video will kill the display ad," after a recent meeting [...]”
“Submit a link to anything interesting: news article, blog entry, video, picture ... subvertising.”
Lists
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Desultory Digressions
Also known as EsotericWench's Word Holding Tank. These are words that have caught my fancy but I have yet to file in the appropriate list. If I don't capture them here, I won't capture them at all.
desultory, abjure, immethodical, mentalist, subvertising, schmaltzy, fartlek, interstitial, ear-rent, brouhaha, crufty, malefactor and 34 more...
frogapplause He "decapitates" the models and public figures pictured in advertisements. Jun 29, 2008
bilby How does he 'execute billboards'? Jun 29, 2008
frogapplause The Decapitator is a serial billboard executioner in London. His corpses have mostly been spotted in the East End, streets away from where the notorious serial killer Jack The Ripper killed a series of prostitutes.
The vandalism is a form of sub-vertising – advertising parodies - which has been made popular by urban street artists like Banksy. Jun 29, 2008