Graffiti or advertising?
Posted: June 30, 2012 Filed under: Advertising, London, Movies, Street Art/Graffiti | Tags: abraham lincoln, advertising, art, graffiti, london, movie, mural, photography, postaday, postaday2012, shoreditch, street art, vampire hunter 6 Comments »I found these Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter murals in Shoreditch today and I wondered if they were done by a fan of the movie or if, more likely, they were some kind of paid-for advertising. If it’s the latter, I’m not sure how I feel about using graffiti style adverts to advertise things like new movies. In a way, it’s kind of cool and certainly in keeping with the area. But on the other hand, are these artists just selling out? What do you think?
Dont know how i feel about it but maybe they should have picked a better movie to advertise? Like two people I know that went to see it.
A-hem… It wasn’t *that* bad…
It is funny to use this style as being corporate I would’ve thought a company wouldn’t want to encourage graffiti aas such, I like good street art when it is individual. As for the movie the trailer looked alright the title puts me off Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter – really?
Yeah, it’s a weird way to advertise a movie, but in a place like Shoreditch I would much rather see a graffiti-style ad than a big shiny poster. As for the movie, it was much better than I expected, but very, very cheesy.
Hello Haikugirl (LOooove your blog!!!) Well, I have 3 thoughts about it: One is that the pieces look really awesome and would be a treat to see; Two: I’m happy for a talented artist that got a good gig; Three: that being said, one of my favorite aspects of graffiti is that it is that one can’t tame it! It’s wild and free… and that, is the best part!
Aw, thanks Rachel! I agree with all your points!