Banksyesque

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1. Reminiscent of the works of Banksy, an England-based street artist, political activist, and film director.

   A punk-zine equivalent of a videogame with DIY production, hardware included? Some revoltingly wonderful Viennese Actionism games? Or Banksyesque games – found unexpectedly?

   2024, Marijam Did, Everything to Play For: An Insider's Guide to How Videogames are Changing Our World, Verso Books, page 230

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   In amongst the tomes are classy souveniers from foreign travel. Over the mantelpiece is Banksyesque canvas which shows helmeted bobby and several CCTV and speed cameras staring out of the canvas.

   2012, Nicholas Gibbs, Writing Television Drama: Get Your Scripts Commissioned, John Murray Press, unnumbered page

   The reasoning is very Banksyesque – painting the wall is OK as long as it is outside the parameters of "normal." Ethics, apparently, is a question of aesthetic extraordinariness.

   2022, John Lennon, Conflict Graffiti: From Revolution to Gentrification, University of Chicago Press, page 129