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06 April 2007

Pixelator (embedded video, sound) One man's quest to turn obnoxious video billboards into art.→[More:] Atlanta's transit system has these eyesores, too, but they're suspended from the ceiling where nobody can touch them. Drat.

Note that the page calls this a "collaboration with the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority, Clear Channel Communications, and its selected artists," but that's tongue-in-cheek; the MTA and the rest don't know they're collaborating.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 07:03 | 8 comments

Very cool.

posted by knave 06 April | 07:10

It appears that website is too risque for the filters at the wifi hotspot at my gym.

posted by birdherder 06 April | 07:33

Anti-commercialism is the new pr0n.

posted by BoringPostcards 06 April | 07:50

I'd try this on the Tube, but the displays are by the moving escalators, which might make installing the art a performance in itself.

posted by chrismear 06 April | 08:08

Now at home, I can see the site. I can see why the ISP blocked it at the gym. It is anti-consumerism and really is the biggest threat to our security after liquids on planes.

posted by birdherder 06 April | 08:09

thanks! i ♥ guerrilla art.

posted by shane 06 April | 08:14

but they're suspended from the ceiling where nobody can touch them. Drat.

That's why Jesus made paint guns.

posted by Hellbient 06 April | 11:08

That's pretty cool; they look really good and cover up advertising - what's not to like?

posted by TheDonF 07 April | 05:19

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