Advertising

  • Addendum and Add-Art

    Addendum and Add-Art

    Addendum is a new Kadist program that replaces web ads with visual essays by artists. It’s a complete overhaul of…

  • Interview on BBC World Service

    Interview on BBC World Service

    Yesterday I did a short interview for World Business Report on the BBC’s World Service — because when you think…

  • United Nations report on advertising published

    The United Nations has published their report on advertising and it’s effect on cultural rights. (Download PDF). Last October I…

  • THE END

    THE END

    A series of 8 second videos appearing in context of 8 second advertisements on a video billboard in Dundas Square,…

  • United Nations & Advertising

    United Nations & Advertising

    I was invited to speak at the United Nations on the impact of advertising on cultural rights for Special Raporteur…

  • CLOSE YOUR EYES

    CLOSE YOUR EYES

    For this project I was invited to create 8 second videos that would appear among advertising on a giant screen…

  • This Space Available – Documentary Trailer and Clips

    This Space Available – Documentary Trailer and Clips

    “I have never seen such a god damn group of selfish, eager hogs” —President Lyndon Johnson on the Billboard Industry…

  • This Space Available Documentary Premiers Nov 5

    This Space Available Documentary Premiers Nov 5

    I did an interview for the film, “This Space Available: The Grassroots Movement Against Visual Pollution” and it’s premiering at…

  • Reading List for Bennington College

    The Bennington College Library asked me (and others) to put together a voluntary reading list for their students. This is…

  • The New York Times Special Edition

    The New York Times Special Edition

    A celebration/collaboration with Steve Lambert, Andy Bichlbaum of The Yes Men, along with 30 writers, 50 advisors, around 1000 volunteer…

  • Add-Art intro video

    Add-Art intro video

    This video will give you a brief intro to Add-Art and demonstrate how to install the add-on to your Firefox…

  • Add-Art: Art replaces ads

    Add-Art: Art replaces ads

    Add-Art is a Firefox addon that replaces website advertising with art. Created with support from Eyebeam and Rhizome, Add-Art releases…

  • Design Camouflage: Look Like Your Enemy

    Design Camouflage: Look Like Your Enemy

    I just published step by step instructions on how to match fonts and mimic designs to look like corporate or…

  • XXL Street Stencil Instructions

    I wrote up instructions on how I made the Advertisement Murals using clear, plastic large scale stencils. There’s plenty of…

  • PeopleProducts123

    PeopleProducts123

    Create new packaging wrappers for consumer products that re-connects labor to the objects. Then clandestinely put them into stores.

  • Light Criticism

    Light Criticism

    Advertising is the vandalism of the Fortune 500. A video and action responding to a wave of illegal advertising in…

  • Ad Lib

    Ad Lib

    Participants were asked to imagine they had their own billboard that thousands of people would see everyday. They were then…

  • Sign Here – SF

    Sign Here – SF

    These drawings examine some of the unavoidable visual content absorbed in everyday life. All drawings are ink and watercolor on…

  • ADVERTISEMENT Shirts

    ADVERTISEMENT Shirts

    I created these shirts while teaching at a high school where students wore logo and company names on their chest…

  • I CAN’T RELAX…

    I CAN’T RELAX…

    Latex paint on found posters 8’H x 26′