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Spending Time With New York Street Advertising Takeover

New York City is covered with illegal billboards and advertisements. One random day, civilians decided to take back the public space by covering over 120 illegal billboards with original works of art.

“New York Street Advertising Takeover”

Organized &
Funded by
PublicAdCampaign.com

Concept
Jordan Seiler
Posterboy

Video
Shot/Edited/Produced
Keith Haskel
kskill.com

Composer
Pierre Takal

Narrator
Jordan Seiler

White Washers
MOMO, Erin Siodomak, Gaia, Rachel Lowing, Ted Hayes, Lindsey Case, Lucas McGowen, Zoe McCleary, Bucky Turco, Dick Chicken, Dave Barron, Tom McAlister, Todd Zino, Natalie Bell, Paul Bell, Deana Haggag, Mateo Ramirez, Zoh Rothberg, Mike Roess, Melanie Palishan, Laura Meyers, Jesse Suchmann, Jenny Awasano, James Herman, Colby Brin

Featured Artists
Gaia, Rachel, Aakash Nihalani,
Tristan & Matt Eaton,
Liliana Velasquez, MOMO,
Jennifer Jacobs, I Am, Poster Child,
Please Enjoy, & Zac Braun

Some faces blurred due to
artists with anonymous aliases.

Special Thanks
Anthony Meeker
Adriel Mesznik

For more info check out http://www.publicadcampaign.com

Duration : 0:2:38


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This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 11:15 am and is filed under advertising. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

11 Responses to “Spending Time With New York Street Advertising Takeover”

  1. That’s amazing! …
    That’s amazing! These adverts really get on my nerves too…and the art’s prettier than just straight defacement.

    But what’s an ACD? Is it like the US equivalent of an ASBO?

  2. just a buncha …
    just a buncha hypocrite white people, as usual. bringing in some middle class yuppy artists to paint buildings is basically the same thing as plastering them with ads. same people. same message. we know what to do with your time/money/space better than you do.

  3. occupyeverything on January 20th, 2010 at 11:15 am

    thanks for posting …
    thanks for posting this video as a response to “repainting the bike lanes”. your project is amazing.

  4. wesingforchange on January 20th, 2010 at 11:15 am

    If i want to buy …
    If i want to buy something i will buy it for what it is used for not because it is posted all over the world. I get turned off products when they are pushed into my face. Art work is much more important then adds

  5. Long live free …
    Long live free speech!

  6. This is a fantastic …
    This is a fantastic use of talent.
    Hooray for you!

  7. TWAT.. The idea …
    TWAT.. The idea here is not so much that these AD spaces are illegal, but that AD spaces are eye-sores, and replaced by artistic content they become the opposite. In the end it’s easier to go after spaces used illegally, rather than the big CC boards used legally of course.

    But then of course there still is a problem with the fact that these spaces are being used illegally. So you could fact with legal action against those spaces, or just simply use your energy covering them with ART.

    TWAT.

  8. I’ve discovered …
    I’ve discovered something AMAZING!

  9. I’m teaching this …
    I’m teaching this to my students in Agitational Communication. Thanks for taking back the streets!

  10. DutchHouseMusic1 on January 20th, 2010 at 11:15 am

    That ” DELETE ” …
    That ” DELETE ” Button was by far the coolest !

  11. interesting way to …
    interesting way to retaliate

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