BR1 - Trofeo 2013 Berlin

Full ad removal by BR1.

I love the way an empty billboard looks when the base layers are torn and tattered like this. It's as good as a replacement effort, or better for that matter. Enjoy!

A Space Called Public - Munich

Pay Nothing Until April, 2003 / 2013 Lenbachplatz, traffic island, 80333 Munich Installation until September 9 
The large-format billboard displays an impressive mountain-collage by Ed Ruscha: On the visually expressive panorama of a snow-covered mountain range, we read the inscription: "Pay nothing until April". Presented in the public space, the work with its combination of text and image is reminiscent of advertising posters in the city. By taking the stance of the neutral observer, Ed Ruscha is fond of using his lettered images to reflect the banality of metropolitan reality and the mass media. The motif for Munich is derived from an extensive series of paintings with which the artist does not wish to define any semantic fields or convey any logical messages. Instead, he provides space for inexplicable association and reflection in order to lend a poetic note to Munich – as well as some confusion.

More on the entire project [HERE]

What the Hell is Going On?

The always informed Dennis Hathaway over at Ban Billboard Blight sent me this image asking if I had seen anything similar pop up in NYC recently because he was at a loss to decipher its meaning. Having no answer I did a quick Google search and found this very informative article that doesn't answer the question but dives further down the rabbit hole than I expected to be lead. Enjoy the mystery [HERE]

Iselin in DC and NYC Bus Shelters

Washington DC 2013

The last few months I've had some AR projects going that I will be launching next month, as well as some intensive studio work which I hope will be made public very soon. In the meantime I have managed to throw Iselin up in a few cities as I collect information on their outdoor advertising venues. Enjoy!

NYC 2013

BR1 in Italy

BR1 just sent over these images. I love the process shots of this peel away piece that are available on BR1's website [HERE]

Ed Ruscha - the "Your Space" Series

Ed Ruscha

These Ed Ruscha drawings aren't ad takeovers, but they reminded me of a series of photographs that I want to take, but likely never will. In NYC, billboards along the BQE have been in legal limbo for quite some time. In fact I think at this point they have actually been abandoned by the ad companies, although im not positive. The structures sit empty, giant black or white blank canvases on the horizon. Some of them aren't even faced, and their skeletons loom large as you drive this major thoroughfare through Brooklyn. The landscapes these empty signifiers create by juxtaposing themselves against the dense background of the city is beautiful, and ripe for your imagination. Happy to drive by them when chance permits, I'd like to capture their power over the landscape before they finally disappear. 

I found this example of someone else's take on the empty beauty HERE

Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha

OX + Rero 2013

Above is the newest OX collaborative billboard with artist Rero. If you take a look at OX's site you'll find the rest in this series, and of course his amazing body of work. PublicAdCampaign readers might not know Rero's work but it is definitely worth checking out his site [Here]. Indoors, outdoors, over advertising, Rero's work uses text to make fantastic meaning and connections with the viewer.

Peter Fuss - The Pope Smokes Dope

Peter Fuss kindly keeps us up to date on his billboard takeovers and here is the latest. For more Peter Fuss visit his site [HERE]