Advertising is the mindless vandalism of the Fortune 500. And despite that, we still don’t like it.

Between November 2006 and January 2007, the City of New York has brought down over 59 illegal banners on construction sheds. In that same period, Citibank was forced to remove all illegal sidewalk projections at branches around Manhattan. And now, years into New York City’s war on graffiti writers and protesters, after we’ve watched our friends be detained, arrested, beat, fined, tried, and given real jail sentences, not a single corporate toy from any ad firm has had to do any time.

This could mean only one thing. They’ve called off the law. Open City. Let’s all get to work.

Drink it straight from the hose at the Anti-Advertising Agency
or here on youtube.

This is the first collaboration between the Anti-Advertising Agency and the Graffiti Research Lab.

Bit and modified from Ji Lee’s Abstractor TV. We used black foam core ($10/sheet) cut with a laser cutter – but this project can be done with an x-acto blade, black paper, and duct tape. It can be repeated using any backlit display – bus shelters, display ads or television store windows.

Download 1024 x 768 animated gif below:
NYC’s TRUE GRAFFITI PROBLEM
GRAFFITI
GRAFFITI = ADVERTISING

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Eyebeam R&D Open Lab…Be healed!
Track By Ratatat.