The Make Amazon Pay coalition of trade unionists and groups had over 150 protests and strikes happening in 35 countries on 24 November 2023 regarding how Amazon treats its workforce, the environment and dodges tax. Artist: Tona Merriman Action Category: Big “Our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption…
Submission from Résistance à l'Agression Publicitaire (RAP) Paris: "Au lendemain du Black Friday nos activistes nettoyent et se réapproprient des espaces publicitaires à Paris. C'était aussi l'occasion de fêter les 20 ans du mouvement Stop pub de 2003 et de contribuer à la mobilisation internationale #ZapGames"
Subvertisers in San Francisco have joined the ZAP Games with a fantastic contribution called Shut It Down. Posters near a shopping mall invoke the origins of Thanksgiving, anti-consumerism and the Palestinian struggle for equality.
Group: London Fossil Free PrideAction Category: SurpriseThis week we reclaimed a small part of public space back from the private, profit-driven sphere! This was part of the ZAP Games by the Subvertisers International network of groups.Our first time so a little rushed and messy 😛 but we took over a…
Ad hacks by Cambridge group This is not a Drill include boycott-themed bus stop ad takeovers, energy efficiency stickers (by artist Darren Cullen) on digital ad screens, and a good old fashioned "Boycott Black Friday" stencil. Action categories: Digital screens, Political détournement
Activists in London repurposed adverts near Amazon HQ in London to highlight the company's controversial supplying of cloud technology to Israeli military. The hacks call for "mutual aid, not genocide". Action categories: Political détournement.
From the Meaning Transformation Guild in the UK: bus stop ad takeovers with a wanted message for Shell's CEO, Wael Sawan, for "crimes against life". Reward: "a liveable future". Action categories: Political détournement
London, Borough Market. By artist Jonny Kemp (@Jonny_kemp_art): "I've taken a screenshot of an article written by a former Israeli soldier, where he explains the futility of violence in solving the conflict. I was struck by the huge contrast and the McDonald's advert, which seems to be there only to…
"We’ll improve. We’ll choose the planet. We’ll save you. ZAP."These three billboards don’t have legal planning permission to be there. So we’ve reclaimed the space for #ZAPGAMES2023 Group: Adblock HackneyAction Categories: Big (nominated 2023 Winner of this category)
In southwest UK, Adblock Bristol covered up adverts on a busy street with paper reading "I love..." and "How are you today?". The group left pens by the side of the paper, and left south Bristol's community in charge of messaging in their public space for a day... Action categories:…
In Nancy, France, long-running counter-advertising network Résistance à l'Agression Publicitaire (RAP) covered sexist advertisements across the city with drawings of vulvas, posters listing how ads are sexist, and feminist manifestos. The ZAP action by RAP Nancy aligned with marches in the city to mark the International Day for the Elimination…
XR Lambeth decided to go with the flow and be inspired in situ and celebrate the DIY accessible approach (nothing to do with being last minute!), which led to a beautiful cacophony of "art" pieces! We focused on bus stops in South London, our playground and repurposed around 30 bus…
