Bristolians joined international activists over the weekend to hack billboards with artworks parodying car adverts. Continue reading Activists target car companies in international ad-hacking campaign
Less than 48 hours after being installed a bee-friendly garden has been removed by corporate advertising company Clear Channel. Continue reading Activists’ dismay as bee garden removed after just two days
A group of residents calling themselves Bee the Change have installed a bee-friendly garden on top of a bus stop on Cheltenham Road in what they say is a call for action on nature. Continue reading Buzz Stop garden installed to benefit bees
XR Youth keep public transport on the agenda as they fight for better buses across the West of England. Continue reading Free and fair buses campaign continues
Last month it was announced that advertising company Clear Channel had submitted plans for 86 new digital billboards in the city’s bus shelters. Continue reading First Clear Channel digital billboards approved
A win for campaigners today as plans for a digital billboard on Cheltenham Road are withdrawn in the face of massive public resistance. Continue reading Win as digital billboard application withdrawn
Targeting businesses and government for climate hypocrisy, XR Bristol yesterday launched their latest campaign, Greenwash-free Bristol. The campaign, whose name refers to the practice of businesses and governments portraying themselves as caring for the planet whilst knowingly destroying it uses billboard advertisements, performances and other actions to expose those organisations which XR claim are the worst greenwashing offenders in the city. Dr Claire Gronow, a … Continue reading Campaign Launched to Fight Climate Hypocrisy
Everyday, tens of thousands of motorists – workers, shoppers, tourists – arrive into Bristol via the M32. Towering over the roadway to greet them are two illuminated billboards, bathing all that pass in the artificial light of 24-hour rolling advertisements. These M32 billboards have stood for almost five years. If a new community campaign is successful, they could soon be removed. It feels like a … Continue reading The Fight to End Corporate Advertising in Bristol
Billboards across Bristol were hijacked last week with posters criticising Barclays Bank. The new posters were installed in three locations by international artist collective Brandalism, who are known for using subvertising to challenge corporate power, including a similar action in Bristol last year. The guerrilla billboards all target Barclays Bank for their continued investments in fossil fuels, which includes fracking and coal. Barclays is the … Continue reading Guerrilla Billboards Target Barclays
