Monthly Archives: April 2009

Artists Strike Back! The New York Street Advertising Takeover (NYSAT)/Municipal Landscape Control Committee (Groundswell)

Last Saturday’s events were big news – this summary comes from Groundswell Collective: PublicAdCampaign.com‘s Jordan Seiler recounted the events of April 25th, 2009, with just a few words: “Something happened yesterday, an eye for an eye” The New York Street Advertising Takeover (NYSAT) organized approximately 80 artists and other participants to whitewash 120 billboards that […]

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Swine Flu Is the Hottest New Viral Marketing Idea (Gawker)

Swine flu panic is just a week old and like most Americans you probably have only one thing on your mind: how can I make some sweet fast cash off this thing? Enter guerrilla marketing. Gawker – Swine Flu Is the Hottest New Viral Marketing Idea – Swine flu (P.S. GoGorilla Media has been one […]

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Plus Art Minus Ad

This video was sent on by someone who I’m not yet sure wants to remain anonymous. A simple and colorful change. Part of the massive coordinated art takeover of illegal advertising space this past weekend – which you will hear more about on this site soon…

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Graffiti Fail (Advertising)

Solving Problems…

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Solo Show in Los Angeles opens 4/25

I don’t normally mention many of my projects outside of the Anti-Advertising Agency, but this one feels relevant. I started the AAA four years ago after making my own art related to advertising and public space for the five years prior.  So, after 9 years of thinking about these issues and making projects about them, […]

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Product Placement video

This video was made by Matti Niinimäki using the audio from the Anti-Advertising Agency Portable Sound Unit project. The audio has been re-purposed so that various animated corporate mascots speak frankly about how they feel about advertising. When Sara Dierck, Michael Dodge, and I made the audio for this almost 4 years ago, we released […]

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Cash-Strapped L.A. Times Shills Shamelessly for ‘The Soloist’

The once-mighty Los Angeles Times, which is fighting for its life, is under fire by its staff for a four-page Sunday advertorial section promoting the movie “The Soloist,” which carries the Times’ logo and contains an interview with its columnist Steve Lopez, who is played by Robert Downey Jr. in the movie opening on April […]

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(Marketer)

Really? Your name is (Marketer)? Damn, I want to be your Fan!

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