<body> Public Ad Campaign: Everyone Hates Public Ads. Meet the Man Who Is Trying to Take Them All Down.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Everyone Hates Public Ads. Meet the Man Who Is Trying to Take Them All Down.

Here is a nice little video about the PublicAccess project produced by Aymann Ismail for slate.com. It's short and succinct, and while there are so many aspects and arguments behind what and why I do what I do, I think it makes a clear statement. 
VIA: Slate
It’s a little past 3 p.m. in Manhattan, and Jordan Seiler is getting ready for his next public-ad intervention. He uses a homemade key he forged earlier from scratch to access an ad display in a bus shelter. After rolling up the ad and tossing it, he installed a simple black-and-white pattern he designed in its place. More [HERE]

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