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Corporations have polluted our cities, lives, and urban landscapes. “This used to be a small mom&pop shop,” is a common lamentation heard in the streets.
On a world level, corporations have polluted our culture. In past years, Ford & GM’s combined revenue was greater than the entire GDP (gross domestic product) of Sub-Saharan Africa. I encourage us, then, to to shoot these corporations (or rather, their logos).
Like the situationists, commuters, and critical masser’s before us, we must not be discouraged by this logo polluting. Instead, I propose using the ubiquitous nature of these logos to discern a higher level of discussion when confronted with these corporations on the streets (or in strip malls).
Our urban landscape can divided into several layers or levels:
1. physical streets :: material
2. consumption/production :: use
3. the informatics level :: interpretation
The material level of a city is difficult to deny – it is a hard fact. The usage and interpretation of a city, however, is more malleable.