This allows them to promote tags, symbols, drawings and messages in public spaces to get in front of a big audience.
Graffiti, street artists and activists take to the streets to sticker bomb. It works differently depending on the purposes you’re doing it for, though. The goal is to cover surfaces with as many stickers as possible. The concept of sticker bombing is simple. Sticker bombing in Miami (Image credit: Unsplash) How does sticker bombing work? For example, covering a laptop or a skateboard in stickers to make it unique and to be a reflection of the owner’s personality. Sticker bombing can also be used to personalise belongings, which has a different purpose to placing stickers in public spaces. Think of stickers slapped on a lamppost of a busy street New York street aimed to catch the eye of passers-by. Sticker bombing (also known as sticker art, sticker graffiti and sticker slapping) is where artists and creatives cover surfaces with stickers to promote images, messages and identities.įor graffiti, street art and activism, stickers are placed in public spaces so that images and messages are made visible to the public. In this article, I’ll explain everything you need to know about sticker bombing – a phenomenon at the intersection of stickers, art and activism.
We’re no longer using stickers just for practical reasons but also as a way of expressing creativity through art. From the streets of New York to everyday devices like smartphones and laptops, nothing is safe from being sticker bombed.Īnd we’ve come a long way since the first self-adhesive sticker was invented by Stanton Avery in 1935.
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