By Rowan Hanson-Iles If you live anywhere remotely urban, you will have seen the explosion in popularity of murals and street art. Large mural commissions are now commonplace on our streets and artists compete for placements at dedicated street art festivals. A sudden spawning of murals on building hoardings can even be a precursor to…Continue reading Public space is for play. Cars and ads can go away
In pictures: ZAP Games 2023
The ZAP Games is well underway. Activists across the UK and Europe are taking to the streets in a festival of creative responses to Black Friday. Here we’ve collected some of the best images so far to entertain and inspire you. …Continue reading In pictures: ZAP Games 2023
Supporting the European Campaign to Ban Aviation Advertising
The eagle eyed amongst you may have seen some interesting eye candy pop across the UK the past week. Predominantly – but not limited to – posters protesting the use of fossil fuels and calling for the banning of fossil fuel advertising. If you have been lucky enough to have seen one of the beauties,…Continue reading Supporting the European Campaign to Ban Aviation Advertising
Campaigners reject HSBC’s ‘net-zero ambition’, targeting billboards over ‘climate colonialism’
Activists in 10 UK cities have covered billboards and bus stops with spoof HSBC adverts, accusing HSBC of ‘climate colonialism’ and demanding the bank end its financing of fossil fuels, detention centres and climate destruction. Over 250 billboards, bus stops and tube ads featuring HSBC advertisements have been hijacked (IMAGES HERE), including in London and…Continue reading Campaigners reject HSBC’s ‘net-zero ambition’, targeting billboards over ‘climate colonialism’