The Official Protestors of the Olympics. A satirical take on the sponsorship of the Games.
Getting into the sporting sprit of claiming ownership of one element of the Olympics and then flogging a concept off the back of it are the Official Protesters of the London 2012 Olympics Games. Master-minded by Space Hijackers, who describe themselves as Anarchitects ‘dedicated to battling the constant oppressive encroachment onto public spaces of institutions, corporations and urban planners’ their mission statement is to bring to public view the less palatable aspects of the way the Olympics have been managed. The website features smiling members modeling the company T-shirts in a parody of the happy-clappy photos that proliferate on the official sponsor websites (Cadbury provides some fine examples). In a similarly satirical vein, it helpfully states that they “don't want you to miss the opportunity to celebrate and be inspired”- by taking part in the protest, that is. http://www.labkultur.tv/en/blog/official-protestors-olympics# _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
