A photo of me leading a walking tour has recently been featured in University of Melbourne's poster campaign for the Being Human Festival - which is all very meta, given that street posters have been one of my main research subjects in the past few years.
“Power, paper, and profit: street posters and the making of urban visual culture” is out now open access in Space & Culture
Melbourne is full of framed bill posters and is arguably the best poster city in the world. How do these street posters work, how are they regulated? And what contributions do they make to the visual character of the city, alongside graffiti and other signage?
