Street Blitz London 1- 15 July 07

Five days into this 15 day anti-advertising fest and the apathy is apparent. Only four posts to the Blitz map so far and the clock is ticking. Possibly the organisers should have advertised the event a bit more in advance. Hardly in the spirit of the thing I know, but at this rate the event will be more of a blip than a blitz.

And the problem with any strategy that involves fighting fire with fire is that the end result will be exactly what the promotional web site's 'motivation' statement says the event aims to undermine - except on a smaller budget.

"The corporate image factory spends a huge amount of money on billboards, posters, flyers or 'guerrilla' marketing campaigns masquerading as street art. They fill your lives with an unrelenting barrage of preposterous ideals, numb values and false icons. No one asks for your permission before they push these images in your face so neither should we seek consent in order to leave our own mark on the city."

Streetblitz.org

Anyway, early days. Watch this space.

If nothing else the site does have an interesting links page to street art sites - well worth a look.