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Outdoor advertising can be ugly, intrusive and downright offensive. New York street artist, Jilly Ballistic, is fighting back with adapted computer alert windows pasted on terrible outdoor advertising. Many of the ads question consumer culture and the quality of advertised products such as cheap bins. (Taxi)
Image from Taxi
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