Sunday, September 03, 2006

Business Reply Pamphlet

This is a hilarious business pamphlet created for reply envelopes in junk mail. It describes the appropriate action to be taken by people who actually have to open all those reply envelopes, culminating in the creation of a new office utopia. Created by Packard Jennings, an artist/activist who does a lot of anti-advertising work. His artist statement:
My art is born from a sense of blanket disenfranchisement; be it my feeling of powerlessness in the face of mega-corporations, my disgust with the stewardship of our country, or my broad ideological separation from American fundamentalism. I make work that delves into the realm of activism, not only to connect with individuals in provocative and meaningful ways, but also to recast my role in the system. I often put my work out into the world for chance interactions with people; this involves ad hoc installations and subversive infiltration of public and semi-public spaces, where the pieces are left to their own fate. I employ humor as a device for lowering a viewer's guard to the reception of difficult content.

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