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description: Artists who replaced, hacked and rewrote outdoor advertising, from Berlin and Paris to Madrid and Toronto.
title: Taking back the billboards
type: collection
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/collections/adbusting/
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# Taking back the billboards

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

1. [Berlin Advertising Takeover](https://www.urbanartcore.com/berlin-advertising-takeover/) (2009-10-18): About 20 Berlin artists take over advertising spaces.
2. [Urban Billboard Art - Street Art by Ox](https://www.urbanartcore.com/ox-urban-billboard-art/) (2010-03-09): Ox redesigns billboards across Europe.
3. [Poster Boy: The War of Art](https://www.urbanartcore.com/poster-boy-war-of-art/) (2010-08-31): Poster Boy in London.
4. [Ludo’s Co-Branding - New Street Art Series](https://www.urbanartcore.com/ludo-paris-co-branding/) (2010-10-06): Ludo’s “Nature’s Revenge” posters in Paris light boxes.
5. [Madrid Street Advertising Takeover](https://www.urbanartcore.com/madrid-street-advertising-takeover/) (2011-04-05): About 100 artists replace ads in Madrid.
6. [Vermibus Ad Takeover in Berlin](https://www.urbanartcore.com/vermibus-ad-takeover-berlin/) (2011-12-22): Vermibus transforms light-box ads in Berlin.
7. [Billboard Bandits - Outlaw Artists in the Sky](https://www.urbanartcore.com/billboard-bandits-outlaw-artists/) (2012-07-17): A book about billboard liberators.
8. [Toronto Street Ad Takeover ](https://www.urbanartcore.com/toronto-street-ad-takeover/) (2012-07-26): 35 billboards and street signs hacked in Toronto.