Sticker art
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Sticker art is a form of graffiti in which the message is conveyed by stickers. Sticker art is most noticable in well-trafficked urban areas. Stickers may promote a political agenda (such as the anti-war and anti-George W. Bush stickers below), comment on a policy or issue (such as the MIT sticker below), or comprise an avant-garde art campaign (see This Is A Heavy Product and Obey Giant).
Sticker art is popular with teenagers and within the skateboarding subculture, due mostly to ready availability of supplies. Sometimes, unintentional sticker art can occur, with unconventional discards of free stickers, for example free stickers from voting booths, retail stickers, USPS labels, and stickers acquired from school drug-awareness programs. Sticker art is considered a subcategory of modern art.
Missing image Bush-sticker-nyc04.jpg Protest sticker on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Image: U.S. President George W. Bush. Text: "Elect a madman / you get madness." | Missing image Mit-card-reader-sticker.jpeg Satirical protest sticker on a keycard reader at MIT. Text: "All activity monitored for your protection. MIT Card Office. A division of the Department of Homeland Security." |
- See also: culture jamming, graffiti, Sticker art.
External links
- bunnymatic.com/sightings (http://www.bunnymatic.com/sightings/), examples of 'bunnymatic' stickers in various locations.
- urbanize.org (http://www.urbanize.org/), examples of sticker and other graffiti art.
- Website of PEELzine (http://www.peelzine.com/), a magazine dedicated to stickers, stencils and street art.
- Sticky Art (http://www.stickyart.net/), commercial sticker site.
- Urban Wallpaper (http://www.urbanwallpaper.freeservers.com/), Website showcasing stickers from across the world and not-for-profit sticker distribution.
- Robots Will Kill (http://www.robotswillkill.com/), Tee shirt and sticker site.
- Implementation (http://nickm.com/implementation/), a sticker novel including archive photos of stickers around the world