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Hollywood Billboard Hijack

May 23, 2011 04:43 AM

Art supplies laid out on a black surface, including a red tray, gloves, paint, and a brush.

Looks like this video and billboard hijacking is the work of DesireObtainCherish, an LA-based street team. The work isn't exactly great art, but it's an amusing form of culture jamming, in which anti-consumerist activists subvert public advertisements.

According to the tags on the original blog post it's in east LA.

I kind of wish they'd done something else; the sentiment, while fun, isn't exactly deep enough for my tastes. But I'm not sure what.

What would you have written instead?

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