Poster Poster

Feel the Black Velvet

Item ID: 176
1 Media file
2026/05/08
Feel the Black Velvet.png
Properties
Title
Feel the Black Velvet
Location
510 Monroe Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
Publication Date
1977
Description
Screenshot from Portable Channel video "Billboards and Spray Paint" of billboard advertisement for Black Velvet whiskey. A whiskey bottle tipped on its side dominates the billboard, and the copy above the image reads: "Feel the Black Velvet." Underneath the billboard are a slew of posters wheat-pasted by members of R-WAVAW protesting violence against women.
Name of Collection
Portable Channel
Archived At
Visual Studies Workshop
Appears In
Billboards and Spray Paint
Billboards and Spray Paint
VideoObject Item

B-roll footage of signage, billboards and protest graffiti for use in Portable Channel's SMUT story. Cityscapes captured while driving around 1977 Roc...

Media
Feel the Black Velvet.png
Feel the Black Velvet.png
Metadata Information
Created
2026年5月8日 16:22
Last Modified
2026年5月8日 16:22
Item ID
#176
Resource Class
Poster
Resource Template
Poster