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Collection 8 posts Adbusting and advertising takeovers

Taking back the billboards

Artists who replaced, hacked and rewrote outdoor advertising, from Berlin and Paris to Madrid and Toronto.

Adbusting turns the most visible surfaces in the city back into public space. These takeovers run from 2009 to 2012.

1 18 October 2009
Berlin Advertising Takeover
About 20 Berlin artists take over advertising spaces.
2 9 March 2010
Urban Billboard Art - Street Art by Ox
Ox redesigns billboards across Europe.
3 31 August 2010
Poster Boy: The War of Art
Poster Boy in London.
4 6 October 2010
Ludo’s Co-Branding - New Street Art Series
Ludo’s “Nature’s Revenge” posters in Paris light boxes.
5 5 April 2011
Madrid Street Advertising Takeover
About 100 artists replace ads in Madrid.
6 22 December 2011
Vermibus Ad Takeover in Berlin
Vermibus transforms light-box ads in Berlin.
7 17 July 2012
Billboard Bandits - Outlaw Artists in the Sky
A book about billboard liberators.
8 26 July 2012
Toronto Street Ad Takeover
35 billboards and street signs hacked in Toronto.

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