This is Marc Ecko, multi-millionnaire, designer and founder of Ecko Unlimited. He took the Mayor of New York to court last year after they tried to ban a graffiti event he was hosting…Marc Ecko won.
He’s the inspiration behind Complex magazine and Getting Up! (a video game criticised for glorfiying graf art and which is banned in Australia at the moment).
He’s also just gone and ‘tagged’ (written on with graffiti paint) Air Force One—the planewhich the President of the United States of America uses.
Why? Well you can see and hear the video explanation here (he makes some great points.
This one will run and run…
Reproduced with kind permission from Phatgnat
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This was a hoax. It says so right on his website.
http://www.stillfree.com/legal.html
A brilliant hoax, but still a hoax.
April 19th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
Nice spot Joe – we were fooled!
April 19th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
dude would be at Gitmo if it were legit. how many fools are going to believe this is real? brilliant hoax for Getting Up.
April 19th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
Ecko got me too:
http://www.searchenginelowdown.com/2006/04/ecko-ceo-graffitis-air-force-one-viral.html
Of course, I read it in PSFK first so… ;)
April 22nd, 2006 at 1:30 pm