Just Transition

24 Jul 2022

Who profits? BP and Shell slammed over workers’ rights and climate in guerrilla billboard takeover May 2022. Guerrilla billboard takeovers across Aberdeen targeted profiteering energy giants BP and Shell over their abysmal record on workers’ rights and climate, just as executives and politicians gathered in the Scottish city for a major offshore energy conference. Anonymous teams hijacked billboards and bus shelter ad spaces, replacing corporate adverts with ‘subverts’ calling for a just transition for energy workers and satirising BP and…

27.11.2023

‘ZAP’ is french for Zone Anti-Publicité / Anti-Advertising Zone. It is two weeks of affinity groups actions against Black Friday consumerism and the advertising industry.

Brandalism crews have hijacked advertising spaces in Wimbledon, south London, to protest the tennis tournament’s endorsement of Barclays via a lucrative new sponsorship deal. As the tennis tournament celebrated its dubious “Environment Day”, activists replaced corporate ads on streets surrounding the tournament with satirical artworks stating: “Barclays sponsors Wimbledon and Fossil Fuels”. The spoof ad, by artist Klarissa Katz, shows Barclays shaking hands with death – dressed up as a corporate executive at Shell. Barclays is one of the world’…

In a massive coordinated subvertising action across the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and France, anonymous Brandalism crews hijacked over 500 corporate advertising spaces, replacing adverts with satirical artworks denouncing the role of aviation industry advertising in the climate crisis. Tona Merriman from Brandalism said: “The allure and glamour of high carbon lifestyles such as frequent flying has been purposefully crafted by the advertising industry and shows no signs of relenting – despite one of the hottest summers on…

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