Make Amazon Pay: activists re-purpose billboard advertising spaces across London ahead of Black Friday

20 Nov 2025

Press Release. Contact: Tona Merriman (Brandalism) +44 7564 646365, brandalismproject [at] gmail.com  Images of billboard, bus stop and London Underground ad space takeovers. Billboard and tube adverts across London have been replaced with more than 100 satirical artworks protesting against the “destructive hyper-consumerism of Black Friday” and the marketing strategies of big tech companies such as Amazon. Artists in the anonymous artist network Brandalism say they have hacked commercial advertising spaces to critique Amazon’s role in tax avoidance, labour rights…