CALL OUT TO ALL AFFINITY GROUPS:

Plane Stupid presents......

"GET YOUR STICKER ON"

Calling all artists, activists, wallpaperers, pencillers and stencillers...............Plane Stupid is inviting all individuals and affinity groups to take part in its very own subvertising competition.


Where? -------- In your local town or city

When? -------- 48 hours from Thursday 22nd April- Friday 23rd April 2010

What? -------- The aviation industry loves to pretend that they are just responding to the public's desires by offering ever more flights, ever more noise and ever more emissions.

Of course, as any manipulative marketing executive could tell you, "When there is no market - create one!" The aviation industry spends millions every year telling us that we're no good to anyone unless we keep flying with them.

So it's time to hit back! Like tobocco adverts, aviation advertising needs to become a thing of the past. But until then, let's subvertise! Whether you're a first time activist looking for an easy way-in, or an old timer looking for some light relief.........it's time to take to the streets and reclaim some public space.

How?
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1. Download a choice of designs from our flickr site.
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Or make your own!

2. Print them out on standard, non divided, A4 sticker paper (available from most printers and stationers)

3. Find your nearest aviation advertisement.

4. Stick 'em up punk!

5. Take photographs, set up a new temporary email adress in an internet cafe (under a pseudonym) and email your images to info@planestupid.com
The group who stickers the most adverts in the 48 hour period wins.


Wins what? ----- Prizes!
We've got a bumper crop of 5 spray cans, Culture Jam by Kalle Lasn, Do It Yourself, A handbook for changing our world, by the Trapese Collective and Scribbleboy by Philip Ridley to give away


Of course don't feel limited to individual stickers, think big! You can write your own message on large stretches of blank wall paper to cover whole bill boards. Make up some wall paper paste, get a paint roller, and stick it up. If necessary - attach the roller to a broom handle for those hard to reach places.

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Disclaimer:
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Please be respectful about where you sticker. Corporate nasties are fine.....but the local old people's homes may not appreciate your art on their walls! Use your head, and remember to dress well for the occasion- caps and scarfs are just the thing for subvertising season.

Some officers of the law may be convinced that subvertising is borderline illegal, so take a friend as lookout, keep an eye open for CCTV and don't get caught.

And finally......

"People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it.

They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

F**k that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head." Banksy