George Orwell’s Birthday Party

July 5, 2013propaganda1984, awareness, big brother, Birthday, camera, cctv, dystopian, Eric Blair, front404, George Orwell, hats, nineteen eighty-four, orwellian, party, political, privacy, public art, security, street-art, surveillance, Utrechtadmin

On tuesday the 25th of June, to celebrate the 110th birthday of George Orwell, surveillance cameras in the center of the city of Utrecht were decorated with colorful party hats!

George Orwell is best known for his book ‘1984’, in which he describes a dystopian future society where the populace is constantly watched by the surveillance state of Big Brother.

By putting these happy party hats on the surveillance cameras we don’t just celebrate Orwell’s birthday. By making these inconspicuous cameras that we ignore in our daily lives catch the eye again we also create awareness of how many cameras really watch us nowadays, and that the surveillance state described by Orwell is getting closer and closer to reality. This was a FRONT404 project. You can find more pictures here.

Get the print here!

Jooseppi Propaganda

February 19, 2013propagandacat, cat tie, jooseppi, kitty, majestic, necktie, poster, propaganda, secret santaadmin

I made this poster of majestic cat Jooseppi as a secret santa present for someone.

Gordon Ramsay Propaganda

November 20, 2012propagandaangry, chef, cooking, donkey, fucking, Gordon, Hell's kitchen, it's raw, pointing, poster, profanity, propaganda, Ramsay, raw, yelling, you fucking donkeyadmin

Here’s some Gordon Ramsay Propaganda I made for the hilarious Gordon Ramsay Poetry blog.

Sphere

November 20, 2012interactivecreepy, eye, eyeball, gaze, installation, interactive, look, looking, sphere, surveillance, surveilling, tracking, watched, watcher, watchingadmin

Sphere is a curious creature that likes to keep an eye on things. Sphere loves the company of people, but he’s easily distracted and needs constant stimulation, otherwise he gets upset pretty quickly.

Sphere is a FRONT404 project.

Plantmines

November 20, 2012interactiveconfetti, danger, explosion, flower, flowers, green, grow, guerrilla, happiness, interactive, landmine, landmines, mines, nature, plantable, plantmine, plantmines, tripadmin

While walking peacefully in the park, enjoying the weather, you’re suddenly blasted by a green explosion of happiness! Suddenly you’re surrounded by a cloud of flowers gently floating down.

You’ve stepped on a Plantmine, and the explosion of flower confetti serves as an instant party to celebrate that you live in a country where you don’t have to worry about stepping on a real landmine. The flower confetti contains flower seeds, to create a permanent happy and colourful spot in the place of the plantmine explosion.

The plantmines are a FRONT404 project.

Bas van Oerle

Propaganda and installations

George Orwell’s Birthday Party

Jooseppi Propaganda

Gordon Ramsay Propaganda

Sphere

Plantmines