Spotted in NYC: One man's trash...

The great thing about New York City is you can go around spray painting trash gold in the middle of the day and nobody will bother you. I actually spotted the two guys doing this, (carefully lifting up each piece, painting it over a piece of paper and then putting it back where it was), but left them alone to do their thing and then came back later to document. It was only for about half a block on 14th street and the trail seemed to emanate from a recently painted city works structure, that was a remarkably similar gold color. Preplanned public art or spur of the moment amusement? Either way I find it really satisfying.

Stencil Activism

Just Seeds has recently released the second volume of their Cut and Paint series. This very affordable limited edition zine features tons of copyright free spray paint stencils to cut out and use yourself as well as a "how to" guide. Order your copy of Cut and Paint #2 HERE. And if you can't wait to get stenciling, you can download dozens of older templates for free HERE.
















via The Groundswell Blog

Fashion Subvertsing

In honor of German fashion week street artist XOOOOX recently adjusted this H&M billboard in Berlin.

Community Graffiti

Artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada makes urban murals of everyday people...

Reverse Graffiti

Brazilian artist Alexandre Orion creates reverse graffiti by removing dirt from walls...



Thanks Brad! Via Milk and Cookies

Spotted in NYC: Corporate Anti-Graffiti

Graffiti is illegal, even when corporations do it, though that never seems to stop them. But maybe Spike TV is trying to avoid trouble by creating their new guerrilla marketing ads by removing dirt on the sidewalks on New York City. I think folks living in the city would actually appreciate the ads more if they finished the job of cleaning the sidewalk, but the ads will probably stay there until someone else decides to clean them. [On the same trip that I spotted this I actually saw an old adhesive plastic street ad that the city just painted crosswalk lines on top of!]

Corporate Vandals

Corporate Vandals Not Welcome has a clear agenda: treat advertisers who use the guerrilla style advertising that mimics graffiti as the vandals that they really are. Their site gives a concise overview of the reasons behind the campaign and images of their work.

via Anti-Advertising Agency