Jake Blaschka Is Doing Some Great Work That You Should See

Jake Blaschka just reached out to me regarding keys for a certain city he may be visiting in the not too distant future. It turns out he has been working with outdoor advertising in some pretty fantastic ways and I am only finding out about it now. Considering the last post, I think it's clear I am not doing my research.

New Work from Vlady Art in Italy

Vlady just sent me a whole bunch of ad takeover images with his signature internet related content on physical ad spaces. This is by far my favorite image from the series. More from Vlady [HERE]

Contemporary Art Stavanger Interview

Big thanks to Heather Jones for taking the time to listen to me rant on and on about my work. 

VIA: Contemporary Art Stavanger

The now ubiquitous Stavanger-based street art initiative Nuart, in partnership with Stavanger Aftenbladet, has recently branched out to include yet another platform for public art: a large-scale billboard located in the heart of Stavanger that presents a rotation of short-term installations by commissioned local and international artists. More [HERE]

New Beastmaster work in Madrid.

Barcelona - Title: “You can stretch the truth”.

Beastmaster recently sent in these ad takeovers from Madrid and Barcelon that I really love. The production value is fantastic and his messaging is consistently interesting. I just wish he would ditch the logo. The logo thing is a pet peeve of mine because it warrants the criticism, "isn't this just an ad for yourself? and if so, what gives you the right?" While I do agree that adding a logo does make the work self promotional, I do not believe it invalidates the work. The messaging Beastmaster is putting across is in direct conflict with many of the advertisings core ideals and is a welcome replacement. Either way the work is thought provoking and well worth taking a look at [HERE]

Madrid - Title: “White Limo”.

ICY & SOT In Los Angeles

Icy and Sot were just out in LA and had a chance to put thier PublicAccess keys to good use. I love the fact that these two make it a point to do a few ad takeovers in whatever city they end up in, regardless of why they are in town. This is the kind of autonomous action I was hoping to make possible with the PublicAccess project and I hope to see more activity like it in the future. 

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