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International

CNN —

2018 – The Hackers Using Street Ads to Protest

Reuters —

2012 – Londoners complain of strict Olympics branding code (VIDEO)

Business Insider —

2016 – Inside the anti-advertising movement that’s recruiting ad agency workers to destroy billboards

CBC (Canada) —

2015 – Fake ads mocking corporate sponsors of the COP21 climate talks pop up in Paris

CBC Radio (Interview) —

2012 – Poet Robert Montgomery on hijacking over 35 billboards across England

VICE (Interview) —

2015 – 600 Fake Ads Flood Paris to Protest Climate Talks

Buzzfeed —

2012 – Guerilla Group Hijacks 30 UK Billboards, Pre-Olympics

DW (Germany) —

2012 – ‘Brandalism’ street art takes aim at advertising

El Espanol (Spain) —

2015 – El activismo toma las marquesinas de París

La Republica (Italy) —

2015 – Parigi, false pubblicità per denunciare gli sponsor di Cop21

La Republica (Italy) —

2012 – Gran Bretagna, la street art contro la pubblicità

Der Spiegel (Germany) —

2015 – Klimakonferenz in Paris streetart von Brandalism

Huffington Post —

2015 – Brandalism campaign points out the paradoxes of the Paris climate conference

Collosal —

2015 – Brandalism: 82 Artists Install 600 Fake Ads Across Paris to Protest the COP21 Climate Conference

MTV News —

2015 – Check Out A Guerrilla Art Group’s Great Takedown Of Corporate Sponsors At The Paris Climate Talks

The World Post —

2015 – World leaders bombarded by art protest at Paris climate talks

UK

Campaign —

2018 – Shell Protesters Create Ads Decrying Brands Sustainability Marketing

Product Magazine —

2018 – ‘Earth For Sale’: Brandalism Subverts Shell Campaign

Guardian —

2018 – From Trump to Brexit: how bad graphics triumphed over slick design

Creative Review —

2015 – Brandalism hijacks Paris ad space to target climate conference sponsors

Telegraph —

2015 – The climate activists who secretly replace adverts with artwork

Channel 4 'Random Acts' —

2012 – Brandalism (A Short Film)

Campaign —

2012 – Guerrilla art group sabotages outdoor ads

Independent —

2012 – Brandalism: Street artists hijack billboards for ‘subvertising campaign’

The Independent —

2015 – ‘Brandalism’ activists post satirical adverts around Paris to protest climate change

Creative Review —

2015 – Brandalism hijacks Paris ad space to target climate conference sponsors

AdWeek —

2015 – 600 fake outdoor ads in Paris blast corporate sponsors of the COP21 climate talks

Guardian —

2015 – Anti-advertising: the hijacked bus stops of Paris – in pictures

Guardian —

2015 – Paris Climate Summit: survey reveals ‘greenwash’ of summit sponsors

BBC —

2015 – Eco activists Brandalism launch Paris ad takeover

USA

Bored Panda —

2015 – Artists Fill Paris With 600 Fake Ads To Protest Corporate Sponsorship Of Climate Conference

Forbes —

2012 – Brandalism At The London Olympics

Mother Jones —

2015 – The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Bankrolling the Paris Climate Talks

Washington Post —

2015 – Activists flood Paris with ads mocking corporate sponsors of climate change talks

CNBC —

2015 – Climate activists ‘brandalize’ Paris ads

New York Times —

2015 – Chasing a Climate Deal in Paris

MTV News —

Check Out A Guerrilla Art Group’s Great Takedown Of Corporate Sponsors At The Paris Climate Talks

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