The subway billboard reworking artist known as Poster Boy has teamed up recently with the notorious Public Ad Campaigner Jordan Seiler, another “creative” vandal who manipulates advertising in public spaces for the purposes of his self-promotion.
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Below is a short auto-biography written by Jordan Seiler which should shed some light on the background of this “artist”.
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Hrag Vartanian has a really interesting interview on Hyperallergic with Jordan Seiler of Public Ad Campaign, the organizer of the New York Street Advertising Takeover (NYSAT). Here’s a snippet:
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The only body in New York that can decide whether public advertising is legal or not is the New York Department of building and housing – not anyone else. Without the resolution by the NY department of building and housing it is illegal to replace any public advertising.
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Jordan Seiler, 30-year old photographer living in New York who has been replacing advertising in public places with his own artwork for the last 10 years, says he is fighting “illegal” public advertising. However, as the video below shows Jordan Seiler is targeting any public advertising – be it illegal or legal:

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Jordan Seiler, a so called “street artist” living in New York is the organizer of the illegal campaigns focused on fighting public advertising. The two campaigns he currently runs are called: Public Ad Campaign and NYSAT.
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All this hype around Jordan Seiler and his campaigns (Public Ad Campaign and New York Street Campaign) makes an average American think of Jordan Seiler not as a fighter against public space misuse, but rather as a hyper-active self-promoter who is very eager to capitalize on public attention. Jordan Seiler’s story looks very similar to that of the notorious British street artist – Banksy.
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Friday, February 26th, 2010

Below is the interview made by Carolyn Tripp who previously interviewed Jordan Seiler in May 2009.

Source: Illegal Signs

Carolyn Tripp: You have several people, the majority of them New Yorkers, on your roster willing to create murals and join the issue of illegal signage in NYC.
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Check out these two new pieces by Public Ad Campaign head, Jordan Seiler. As he says, “I have been wanting to break the frame and begin collapsing the space between the advertisement and the outdoor environment. I hope to eventually be able to visually get rid of the advertisement as well as the frame that retains it.”
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The New York Street Advertising Takeover organized by Public Ad Campaign’s Jordan Seiler in October 2009 was followed by arrests of 5 NYSAT supporters.
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