It was great timing that just as Instagram announced it was testing the removal of "likes", Kahlúa opened an exhibition of people’s least-liked photos from the platform.
The Pernod Ricard brand tapped into the growing backlash against social media and the pressure to live an Insta-perfect life, but it did so in a playful, fresh way. The free installation brought more than 1,000 people together over three days on New York’s Lower East Side to celebrate the weird, unloved and uninfluential: less latte art and mirror selfies, more creepy dolls and back of people’s heads.
There was also an online version of the exhibition on Instagram Stories and a new #BottomNine tool that allows users to collect and share their nine least-liked images. This is fun, original work that made me smile IRL, even if I couldn’t double-tap it.
Brand Kahlúa
Title Zero likes given
Agency Droga5 London
Creatives Frazer Price and Teddy Souter
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