Earlier in the week, Supertouch reported that LA artist Skullphone had hacked into Clear Channel’s digital billboards, interspersing the ads with his iconic Skullphone character.  News came yesterday from Wired that the billboards were in fact paid for and that Clear Channel was upset that the idea of hacking was involved.  To quote Clear Channel’s Tony Alwin. “The advertisement was bought under the assumption that it was art that was in an art show, Any claims about hacking into our systems is false. It’s a lie, even.”   This to me sounds like bullshit, and Clear Channel is covering up a weakness in their security system, using denial to buy time to bolster up defense.  Only Skullphone can really tell us the truth.  Skullphone?

Too bad they cannot make commercials like this anymore.

Go Huge and get props from your friends, randoms, and the media alike.  The Diesel Wall “is an international art contest that aims to bring intriguing/inspiring/insightful/inciting contemporary ideas to giant urban canvases in city centres around the world.”  So I am thinking maybe a huge Faile collage would work, maybe Shepard could have a go.  Espo could get wordy, Kr could make it drip.  A mega Large Format photo would also be dope.  Anyway, more on the contest here. The New York deadline is the 12th of may.

They really do.

Last night we attended a party thrown in honor of a sweet collaboration between Tanqueray Gin and We Are Supervision.  The final outcome were three huge panels featuring different interpretations of Tanqueray.  Look for commercials to drop on the internet real soon.