dtdigital: wearethedigitalkids: 20x200 on Brian Ulrich in Your Browser “What if you could replace all the ads on the internet with artwork? …. It’s a bit of visual jujitsu: using the seductive power, placement and vocabulary of online advertising against itself — to deliver an image that serves as a kind of warning against putting too much faith in the promises of consumerism. In an interview last spring with Chicagoist, Ulrich said, “I think about what the Internet has done for photography that’s really wonderful: it has amplified photographys’ ability to be propaganda… I’m really trying to promote an ideology and a certain level of thinking and responsibility about consumerism to as many people as possible.”

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20x200 on Brian Ulrich in Your Browser

“What if you could replace all the ads on the internet with artwork? ….

It’s a bit of visual jujitsu: using the seductive power, placement and vocabulary of online advertising against itself — to deliver an image that serves as a kind of warning against putting too much faith in the promises of consumerism. In an interview last spring with Chicagoist, Ulrich said, “I think about what the Internet has done for photography that’s really wonderful: it has amplified photographys’ ability to be propaganda… I’m really trying to promote an ideology and a certain level of thinking and responsibility about consumerism to as many people as possible.”
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    I really love this visual.
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    Substituting art for ads, eh? I’ll 1-up you: how about...have a page where
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