22/06/2004

Street Memes, tracking the spread of street art.

“street meme”: a sticker, stencil, or poster that can spread a single image around the world. Unlike traditional graffiti art where each piece is unique, street memes can be copied repeatedly, taking on a life of their own, and spreading through the collective effort of people scattered around the world.

Richard Dawkins coined the term meme in his book The Selfish Gene, basically defining a meme as the viral spread of an idea among people. The Memespread Project attempted to track the forced spread of a meme online.

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