Brandalism

"Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It's yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it,"     

Banksy (for those who don't know, an anonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist and film director)

Brandalism: An anti-advertising campaign, also referred to as "subvertising", whereby street artists take over existing billboard and poster advertising in a city and replace it with their own artwork.


Here's a series of photographs taken of a thought provoking  'brandalism' campaign done in 2012 in several cities in England, including London. As many as 26 street artists subverted 35 different billboards and poster spaces into anti-consumer artwork. Another campaign occurred in 2014, this one taking place in several countries. 

I have no issues with graffiti in the sense of accepting it as art, as long as it doesn't destroy something historical or damage someone else's work, like the dimwit in this article. Of course, there's always been an argument about whether street art is actually art, or merely vandalism. I lean toward the art side, but maybe it's both, if one considers examples like that in the link.

Watch for future posts about another campaign that took place in 2014 and includes several differnt countries.