Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

New York Street Advertising Takeover

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
63,841
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Oct 11, 2009

New York City is covered with illegal billboards and advertisements. This video documents civilians taking back their public space by covering over 120 illegal billboards with street art.

"New York Street Advertising Takeover"

Organized &
Funded by
PublicAdCampaign.com

Concept
Jordan Seiler
Posterboy

Shot/Edited/Directed (video)
Keith Haskel - kskill.com

Composer (video)
Pierre Takal

Narrator
Jordan Seiler

White Washers
MOMO, Erin Siodomak, Gaia, Rachel Lowing, Ted Hayes, Lindsey Case, Lucas McGowen, Zoe McCleary, Bucky Turco, Dick Chicken, Dave Barron, Tom McAlister, Todd Zino, Natalie Bell, Paul Bell, Deana Haggag, Mateo Ramirez, Zoh Rothberg, Mike Roess, Melanie Palishan, Laura Meyers, Jesse Suchmann, Jenny Awasano, James Herman, Colby Brin

Featured Artists
Gaia, Rachel, Aakash Nihalani,
Tristan & Matt Eaton,
Liliana Velasquez, MOMO,
Jennifer Jacobs, I Am, Poster Child,
Please Enjoy, & Zac Braun

Some faces blurred due to
artists with anonymous aliases.

Special Thanks
Anthony Meeker
Adriel Mesznik

For more info check out http://www.publicadcampaign.com
"Like" KSKILL on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/kskill/53206332666

  • likes, 3 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (thekskill)

  • It was cool to whitewash the advertising, but then you turn around and commit the same crime of trashing the landscape with your 'art'. You are just as guilty as the advertisers. Not everybody wants to see the 'art' you have posted. Can't you see that you are doing the EXACT SAME THING as the advertisers? Did you have city permits to post your 'art'? I seriously doubt it. You should go back and whitewash all of the 'art' that you posted illegally. It wasn't about eliminating the advertising.

  • @mileyondisney I hear you on street art being as obnoxious as a billboard in the sense that pedestrians are forced to look at it. The difference lies within the intention; street art's purpose is to beautify the city, a billboard wants to sell you bullshit. Which would you rather see?

Top Comments

  • That  " DELETE " Button was by far the coolest !

Video Responses

This video is a response to Spending Time With Poster Boy
see all

All Comments (105)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • The nature of a city like NY is that it's.....well.....a city. This necessarily includes activities and dynamics that are illegal, distasteful, moronic, ill planned and aesthetically not homogenous. Billboard posting and flyer pasting without permit is almost as old as printing itself. 19th century New York City was notorious for this practice no less than today. Circus & show posters anyone? Yes, in the stealth of night like today. So much for those fools who claim a "more innocent time."

  • ql

    

  • @mileyondisney your missing the point that its public space for normal people like you and I, not for some big corporation to through advertisement in your face illegally at that, the corporations did it and no one said anything but the public can't do the same?

  • @thekskill but it's still illegal

  • אומנות ישראל

  • great campaign

  • big ass corp are now trying to turn to illegal advetisment for bassiclly free ad

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWW

View all Comments »
Loading...
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more