04 June 2005
Holidays Ahoy Australia!
In response to the boat people being locked up in detention centres, I decided to make this promotional flyer. It is aimed at other asylum seekers who might be considering coming to Australia. It shows how friendly our asylums are with friendly guard dogs, barred windows, and decorative barbed wire trimmings.
All this is free - for refugees!
When We Are All Boat People activists use tatical media to create a spectacle for media publicity, they usually do it with imagery. My use of imagery above is in step with the mostly visual strategy of this group. I have also used a culture jamming technique to change to banner to "Free for refugees", instead of "Free the refugees."
My satirical piece may not draw the same sort of media attention though, because it sits here unviewed in my blog. If, however, I could hack into travel agents, or any official Australian tourism sites and post this flyer, THEN I might get some more publicity! Where are my hacker friends when I need them? (I give you all permission to use this flyer, Kim Davies)
All this is free - for refugees!
When We Are All Boat People activists use tatical media to create a spectacle for media publicity, they usually do it with imagery. My use of imagery above is in step with the mostly visual strategy of this group. I have also used a culture jamming technique to change to banner to "Free for refugees", instead of "Free the refugees."
My satirical piece may not draw the same sort of media attention though, because it sits here unviewed in my blog. If, however, I could hack into travel agents, or any official Australian tourism sites and post this flyer, THEN I might get some more publicity! Where are my hacker friends when I need them? (I give you all permission to use this flyer, Kim Davies)
