Tag Archives: graffiti

OX in Vienna: The power of colors cannot be denied

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 4, 2010

OX in Vienna: The power of colors cannot be denied French artist OX takes over Austrian billboards and shows his approach to the Austrian flag in form of a huge sausage on former advertising spaces. via OX in Vienna: The power of colors cannot be denied.

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These Are Not Sentences!

By Steve Lambert | Published: February 24, 2010

Remember, it just takes one pen. Send us yours. Seen in a subway station.

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Public Ad Campaign: Should OAC’s Be Subject To The Same Penalties Grafitti Writers Face?

By Steve Lambert | Published: January 28, 2010

Should Outdoor Advertising Companies Be Subject To The Same Penalties Grafitti Writers Face? BC Biermann, a PhD Assistant Professor of Film/Media Studies California Baptist University – Riverside has recently published a paper on “Spatial Distributions of Power: Illegal Billboards as Graffiti in Los Angeles.” In it he argues… “While graffiti has regularly been prosecuted as [...]

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Be-twix and ad and a hard case

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: August 30, 2009

So the question is… is this a twix advertisement? or was it just that cool to paint a Twix logo on the back of your white portable radio in the heyday of 80′s graffiti-cool? Picture via Mariasa Olson’s flickr set IMG_FAN

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We got graffiti!

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: May 28, 2009

Here are stills of the stencil I put up on the ads that went up on wall outside Eyebeam. And two images from people who answered the call!

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Graffiti Fail (Advertising)

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: April 21, 2009

Solving Problems…

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For all the graffiti haters…

By Steve Lambert | Published: February 22, 2009

Ironworkers spray paint names of young cancer patients onto the beams of the Yawkey Center going up at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  The building’s steel skeleton is now a brightly colored, seven-story monument to scores of children receiving treatment at the clinic. from Boston.com, photo by David Ryan

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In Paris, an anti-ad insurgency – Los Angeles Times

By Steve Lambert | Published: February 9, 2009

Reporting from Paris — Over the centuries, the French have cultivated the fine art of rebellion. The list of targets encompasses tyrants, wars, colonialism and, above all, capitalism in its many manifestations. The latest enemy may seem unlikely: billboards. The Dismantlers, as a nationwide group of anti-ad crusaders call themselves, aren’t violent or loud or [...]

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“The Dog Dies” all over Los Angeles

By Steve Lambert | Published: December 29, 2008

via TomorrowMusuem via via Cinema Blend

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Demand a Read/Write City

By Steve Lambert | Published: October 3, 2008

This is graffiti: it’s spray paint it’s done without permission on someone else’s property it’s illegal politicians hate it It’s the expression of a citizen (or small group of citizens) in public space speaking to fellow citizens. Anyone, willing to take the legal risk, can do it. This is advertising: it’s printed vinyl it’s done [...]

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“Bomb It” Documentary

By Steve Lambert | Published: September 9, 2008

Within the first minute of this interview with Jon Reiss about his new documentary “Bomb It” Reiss cuts to the heart, talking about the battle for public space between graffiti writers and advertising. If you don’t “get” graffiti or what the big deal about public space is, this might be the movie for you. You [...]

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Delete your Facebook

By Michael Mandiberg | Published: August 27, 2008

“delete your facebook its the cool fucking thing to do” & “kill your TV” written in sharpie on the wall of a Dunkin Donuts in Spring Creek on the New Jersey shore. Oh Facebook, the rebel tweens are turning on you already.

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So why can they sell the street?

By Steve Lambert | Published: August 9, 2008

This is an amazing interview with Tom14 which illustrates the important link between street art and community. It speaks to the destruction of public space and street arts role in defying what many consider the inevitable “progression” of neighborhoods away from what community members consider their home. To interact with your environment is to stake [...]

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In Philly Colt 45 ads are illegal as an unregistered handgun

By Steve Lambert | Published: June 28, 2008

Philadelphia, famous for it’s murals, has had some new additions to the walls – hand painted illegal ads for Colt 45. The people of Philadelphia have already managed to get Colt 45 Malt Liquor ads off their city buses due to community concerns. Yesterday they beat the murals. Some more than 4 word long excerpts [...]

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AAA Hong Kong Office

By evan | Published: June 13, 2008

Introducing the first transmission from long-time AAA friend Evan Roth, now in Hong Kong… Mission #1 – Learn how to say “paint roller” in Cantonese and write ‘ANTI’ on the top of that building. Stay tuned for updates!

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