Subway Art Blog » Butchered Ads http://subwayartblog.com Sun, 20 May 2012 20:51:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Be He-Man http://subwayartblog.com/2012/05/20/be-he-man/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-he-man http://subwayartblog.com/2012/05/20/be-he-man/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 20:16:14 +0000 Jowy Romano http://subwayartblog.com/?p=4755

Thanks to Pat Molloy for the photo!

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The folks over at F.A.T. have developed a new tool in the fight against irksome, uninteresting subway advertisements. Meet Sub Pixel, a custom slicing tool made from laser-cut acrylic, rubber bands and nine razor blades.

From fffff.at:

In two quick swipes, it transforms a small patch of subway advertisement from a “one-way, unending flow of shit” into an 8×8 grid of pixel stickers, ready for two-way interaction with the public.

Keep an eye out for ads with a single pixel removed to indicate that it’s been ‘prepared’ by a Sub Pixel!

F.A.T. or Free Art & Technology is a group “dedicated to enriching the public domain through the research and development of creative technologies”. Many of their posts include D.I.Y. instructions and Sub Pixel is no exception; you can download the files required for laser cutting your own right on the site.

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This ad alteration was caught by ANIMALNewYork yesterday. No word on wether the Poster Boy movement is behind it, but we have a hunch!

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These new alteration-friendly Mad Men ads have been making rounds on all the New York blogs. I flicked some new ones to add to the mix, including this subtle-but-awesome Superman version.

More after the jump!

Head ‘splode.

Sk8r Men

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Poster Boy's latest.

Handmade sticker on the F line.

BAMN and CASH4 hit a huge wall off the J train.

Truth in advertising.

 

Illustration by Subway Art Blog veteran Jeanne Verdoux

Have you spotted some Occupy Wall Street subway art? Please share!

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It’s not this dude’s grin, or the subject that bothers me; it’s the quotes.

Photo by Jack Katsman

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Something amazing happened after Moustache Man’s arrest—some awesome person or persons took to the subway and scrawled “solidarity” onto upper lips of ads. I am truly touched.

 

More after the jump!

Photos by Charles Reinhardt.

 

 

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The last affordable thing in NYC.

]]> http://subwayartblog.com/2011/07/31/on-nyc-air-quality/feed/ 0 Those Glee Project People Are at it Again! http://subwayartblog.com/2011/06/27/those-glee-project-people-are-at-it-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=those-glee-project-people-are-at-it-again http://subwayartblog.com/2011/06/27/those-glee-project-people-are-at-it-again/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:32:12 +0000 Monica Trombley http://subwayartblog.com/?p=3672

I wholeheartedly agree. Don’t you wish people came w/such warning labels?

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This ad was asking for it, wasn’t it? Thanks for stepping up, Moustache Man!

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