Profile of Steve Lambert creator of Add-Art
Posted by Scott Blake on June 30, 2008 9:59 am
Profile of Steve Lambert on Ad Week. His project Add-Art (add-art.org), is a free application for Firefox browsers that replaces Web ads with contemporary art.
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/agency/e3i8338a3cc42d9fb02b46e0dfb48e09890
A conceptual artist and co-founder of the Anti-Advertising Agency, is, depending on your perspective, a wry cultural critic or a loose cannon who must be stopped.
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/agency/e3i8338a3cc42d9fb02b46e0dfb48e09890
A conceptual artist and co-founder of the Anti-Advertising Agency, is, depending on your perspective, a wry cultural critic or a loose cannon who must be stopped.
I couldn't believe this piece got so much hype and money. People were making s/<ad>/<art>/g stuff years before Add-Art, ever since Greasemonkey came out, and maybe even before. The only way Add-Art stands apart is by its presentation in a high-art context -- that is to say, ironically -- by its salesmanship.
Sorry to be so harsh, but someone has to shovel shit around here.
Vijay