They've taken over the world. They occupy every visual space. The streets are a mosaic of images attempting to sell you something. Billboards are a thing of the past. Any public space is now seen as advertising space.
My thumbnail sketch above is not particularly clear, but it's supposed to be a road receding into perspective. What would normally be a black asphalt with yellow lines is instead black/white and yellow mosaics of advertisements. The tree is not a 3-dimensional living organism. It is 3-dimensional billboard in the shape of a tree. Power-lines would have advertisements hanging.
As for the advertisements themselves, I was thinking of using ones from the past or present to define certain objects or areas, continuing with the abstract mosaic theme. Or I could categorize by the content of the advertisements (such as toothpaste/health, food, music/entertainment) for certain areas - the areas being the road, tree, house, etc.
cool stuff, i like it. i think you might be interested in "guerilla ads" which could totally be incorporated into your whole idea.. do a google search for them, you'll find a whole bunch
ReplyDeletethanks for the idea! i'll check em out now..
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