It also demonstrated something very insidious: that doing...
CMV: Art is practically useless, especially in the area of politics/making the world a better place.
>(admittedly I am Canadian, and I still don't understand how that stupid system works). In America the election is decided by a final catwalk where the candidates compete with the glitziest accoutrement./s You're correct though, the poster itself is not power. As a work of street art, it is simply free marketing to show support of the candidate. In terms of actual impact, the profits made from sale of the posters were used to create more merchandise to promote the campaign, giving Obama supporters a strong aesthetic to rally behind. > Is this really 'art?' Look them up, yes it's really art. They have a movie that is called "The Yes Men Fix the World". The practice is called culture jamming, and uses artistic process + performance and infiltration to create an aesthetic or tell a story. I'm not sure I jive with your definition of art presenting itself as fictitious. There is a wealth of examples of art appearing as reality to the extent that there is a well known phrase about this relationship: Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? DOW lost a lot of stock, and more importantly it helped to spread the news of what had happened. It also demonstrated something very insidious: that doing the right thing is not profitable. I'm not sure how much this specific instance helped to turn the corner, but this is now on DOW's website: https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/about/legal/issues/bhopal.html