Spending Time With New York Street Advertising Takeover
February 17th, 2010 | 
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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
Posted in advertising | 
Tags: aakash nihalani, activism, advertisements, advertising, billboards, graffiti, grassroots, illegal advertising, jordan seiler, momo, nysat, poster boy, posterboy, posterchild, public ad campaign, public space, street art, wildposting
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?
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.
thanks for posting …
thanks for posting this video as a response to “repainting the bike lanes”. your project is amazing.
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
Long live free …
Long live free speech!
This is a fantastic …
This is a fantastic use of talent.
Hooray for you!
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.
I’ve discovered …
I’ve discovered something AMAZING!
I’m teaching this …
I’m teaching this to my students in Agitational Communication. Thanks for taking back the streets!
That ” DELETE ” …
That ” DELETE ” Button was by far the coolest !
interesting way to …
interesting way to retaliate
I guess by painting …
I guess by painting over billboards, now matter how illegal they are, is an act of vandalism or another form of illegal advertising.
Nice vid, however
Yes, 2 wrongs don’t …
Yes, 2 wrongs don’t make it right??
the only difference …
the only difference is that NPA pays rent to the landlords and they own the premises.. what will you guys do when NPA forces their landlords to sue.
The most intense …
The most intense thing I’ve ever done in my entire life was go to war.
Tree hugging,pot …
Tree hugging,pot smoking,granola eating,yoga loving,alternative healing,Enya listening,guitar strumming hippies…
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Good job!
It’s a fine line… …
It’s a fine line… They got arrested because NPA Outdoors called the cops on them. What the white washers/artists did is no more or less illegal than what NPA Outdoors does. No landlords fought the case in court, so 2 arrests were completely let off the hook and the other 2 were acquitted.
False. “cool ads” …
False. “cool ads” < actual art. Next.
these billboards …
these billboards are on private property .. wtf? these people should be arrested .. i rather look at cool ads than this crappy artwork .. it looks like graffiti
nice
nice
Arrested for …
Arrested for painting over illegal signs?
solid, inspiring, …
solid, inspiring, real
Amazing
Amazing
a friend of mine …
a friend of mine used to make public seating in NYC (as places to rest are a scarce commodity in most american cities) and would have them taken down almost immediately by NYPD. That was, until she added fake advertising on them. The NYPD left up any with the ads for months.
it’s an incredibly frustrating world we live in
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