Author Archives: Steve Lambert

AAA at Conflux 2006

Steve Lambert and Sara Dierck, will be presenting the Anti-Advertising Agency‘s portable sound unit project at Conflux 2006. The sound units will be installed in various locations around Brooklyn and Lambert and Dierck will give a talk on Sept. 15, 2006 between 3pm and 5pm at McCaig-Welles Gallery, Conflux HQ. If you’ll be around get […]

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Ads on Barf Bags

Here at the Agency one of the things we keep tabs on is ad creep. Each year, ads creep further into our daily lives through public space, classrooms, bathrooms, and so on. Over time advertisers become more and more desperate to get our attention because their traditional methods don’t work, or don’t work well enough […]

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Angela Duncan

Pretend I'm Not Here

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Living Billboards

The Sacramento Bee has written a relatively fluffy piece on what are becoming known as “Human Billboards” or “Living Arrows”. These are the people at intersections paid to frantically wave signs around attracting attention to a mattress sale or condo development. As the Bee itself says: “It’s a way for developers and business owners to […]

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Steve Lambert at Versionfest 06

April 30th 1pm AAA founder, Steve Lambert, has been invited to speak about the Anti-Advertising Agency and other projects at Version Fest 06 in Chicago this year. Steve will be speaking at the Free University Program: Version Conference at the Version Kunsthalle. April 30th 1pm Version Kunsthalle Iron Studios 3636 S Iron St 4th floor […]

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New Site

You’ll notice we’ve updated the AAA site as of late.  We now have more news, more documentation and images of AAA work, RSS feeds to keep you updated, and comment forms for vistors to leave feedback. This home page will include the latest information on AAA projects, as well as relevant items we find in […]

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Article in Columbus Dispatch

The Columbus Dispatch has a story on how ads are making their way into more and more public spaces in Ohio. The revitalization of the downtown has brought larger and more invasive displays of advertising – for example ads printed on parking lot stripes. The last paragraphs of the story include some comments from the […]

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Packard Jennings at Catharine Clark

Bus Tour Saturday April 29, 11:30-4 Packard Jennings’ show at Catharine Clark Gallery opens on March 30th, with a reception on April 6th. The show includes two projects, one of which is his Bus Stop Bench project, done with the Anti-Advertising Agency. Bus Tour Saturday April 29, 11:30-4 Packard Jennings Bus Stop Benches. $40 ticket […]

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Neterotopia

We just received a notice about this exhibition… Neterotopia is an event that takes place from 16th to 31st March 2006 in various spaces on the Net. Eleven artists from different countries have been invited to choose an Internet site and use the spaces usually reserved for advertising. These spaces are thus transformed into exhibition […]

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Bus Stop Advertising Project

As an artist who works regularly with problematic social issues, Packard Jennings has had an adversarial relationship with advertising for a long time. Working with the Anti-Advertising Agency Jennings created a series of anti-advertisements for Oakland bus benches based on manipulative tactics commonly used by advertisers, such as: the manufacturing of desire, using fear, targeting […]

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From the New York Times

“I take five A.P. classes, and by far I do the most work for these newspaper stories,” said Allie O’Hora, another reporter. And what stories! Allie tracked down a sophomore boy who covered the bathrooms with graffiti, and turned her exclusive interview into another front-pager. (“It’s our community too,” the boy told her, “and we […]

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