initiatives we love :: beautifulcity.ca
There are causes that touch my heart and make complete logical sense me. Beautiful City is an initiative in Canada “that aims to beautify, democratize and diversify access to public space, and in turn — hold companies investing in billboard advertising accountable for their impact on shared spaces through an annual license fee.”
Our friends at ManifesTO and other organizations (who represent several hundred thousand members) have been supporting, promoting and mobilizing like-minded people to influence lawmakers to pass legislation that would charge a ” tax paid for by third-party billboard advertisers. Revenue would go through Cultural Grants for arts, Clean and Beautiful funding to individual wards and the Community Resource Unit for marginalized communities. Then directed to art in the public sphere (public art) through various arms-length agencies and peer assessed processes. A priority would be put on marginalized communities and youth art.”
Videos We Love :: Poster Boy NYC / Al Jazeera Artsworld
Poster Boy NYC has been described as a kind of anti-consumerist Zorro with a razor blade. Preferring to remain anonymous Poster Boy NYC is said to be a group or movement who use razor blades to cut out and re-arrange elements of billboard images on the New York Subway to make both political and satirical statements about contemporary issues.
Poster Boy, Artist + Vigilante :: Axis
Limited to the subway ads at any given station, NYC’s most controversial artist Poster Boy, cuts, splices and reworks these images into pieces of free public art full of social commentary and humor for commuters to enjoy.
Poster Boy, Artist + Vigilante :: 120 Seconds
Poster Boy explains the vision behind this persona, the importance of regaining control of your environment and generating change through creative expression.
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