Back to Top

Public Ad Campain Strikes Again!

October 26, 2009

Justseeds_BoomCrash.jpg

BoomCrash Collective
Sunday, October 25th was the Public Ad Campaign‘s second whitewashing and takeover of unsanctioned billboards in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Public Ad Campaign acts on the assumption that public space and the public’s interaction with that space is a vital component of our city’s health. By visually altering and physically interacting with the public environment, residents become psychologically invested in their community.
Outdoor advertising is the primary obstacle to open public communications. By commodifying public space, outdoor advertising has monopolized the surfaces that shape our shared space. Private property laws protect the communications made by outdoor advertising while systematically preventing public usage of that space.

Josh participated in part of the previous action, writing about it on the Justseeds Blog here. By Sunday evening the NY Times had noticed and published A Battle, on Billboards, of Ads vs. Art.
The above billboard was done by the BoomCrash collective, on N7th & Bedford Ave in, knowingly amidst many of the unfinished luxury residential projects in Williamsburg. Yet unknowingly on the 80th anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash.


Subjects

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

DIYDPW #75

DIYDPW #75

September 19, 2024

Stop 4 Turtles. New Paltz, NY. September 2024 šŸ¢ Turtle Crossing. New Paltz, NY. September 2024 Slow Down šŸ¢. New Paltz, NY. September 2024 TurtlešŸ¢X-ing. New Paltz, NY. September 2024…

Cultural Workers for Palestine

Cultural Workers for Palestine

August 5, 2024

Sharing an interview that initially aired on Radio Al Hara recently. I spoke with the tireless organizer and fellow traveler, Stefan Christoff, about graphic work in solidarity with social movements….

DIYDPW #74

DIYDPW #74

February 16, 2023

Handmade sign made of different colored tape providing directions away from a residential area to state roads.

DIYDPW #73

DIYDPW #73

August 27, 2022

DO NOT DRIVE ON SIDEWALK. Portland, OR. August 2022. Thanks to Roger Peet for this contribution to the DIYDPW series! DIYDPW is a frequent, irregular blog post highlighting global examples…