Something strange is afoot in Manchester. Walking home last Friday night, we spotted what at first glance looked like an official BOMA flyposter – you know, those lovely posters with the Peter Saville/Jeremy Deller quotes we’ve used to publicise the awards.
And then, on second glance, we realised that said poster wasn’t quite… right. Have a look at the image below. The poster on the left is our official one; the one on the right the spoof version.
We’re not the only ones to spot the difference – check out Mancubist and the Manchizzle.
So, which mysterious designer/artist has gone to the trouble of making, producing and pasting up the posters? We’d like to know – not least because we’d like to feature the posters in this year’s BOMA exhibition. If you have any clues as to who Manchester’s answer to Banksy is, email marketing at urbis dot org dot uk. There’s an invite to the awards night in it for anyone who does.
