Monday, October 12, 2009

Adbusters Can't Get Their "Subvertisements" on the Air

Posted by on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:09 PM

Beloved (Canadian!) culture-jammers Adbusters have been trying to pay networks to play their new series of TV spots that they've cutely dubbed "subvertisements", but so far there are no takers. FOX reportedly turned them down and MTV is ignoring their queries, proving once again that the revolution will not be televised, even if it's willing to pay for ad time. Here, then, is the first of Adbusters' awesome as-yet-unaired subvertisements, "Commercial Breakers" (music by Remano Eszildn, motion graphics by Alex Kurina):


(Design You Trust)

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