Friday, December 30, 2005
04:09 PM
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Presidential porno-protest posters proliferate in Austria: "Xeni Jardin:





Art spoof posters that depict Britain's Queen Elizabeth shagging the presidents of the U.S. and France have been (snort) erected throughout Vienna. They popped up just days before Austria is scheduled to take over the EU presidency, much to the embarassment of government officials. Coverage of this odd story in the US has so far been devoid of images -- but trust Boing Boing to stoop where real news organizations will not. Austria's equivalent of the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is said to have funded the campaign. Here are a few shots on Idealog, and the whole series is available as a torrent here.


(Thanks, Sean, and Idealog)

Reader comment: Christopher Granade says,

According to Raw Story, these posters have been removed from Vienna bilboards. From the story, 'Austrian media reported that the offending images were yanked yesterday — just a day after they started flashing at motorists — on personal orders of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel. A woman answering the telephone at the chancellor's public information department who refused to identify herself said she could not confirm the report.'

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(Via Boing Boing.)