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No Logo Artists Adbust the Planet

In the tradition of Christo, Austrian artists Christoph Steinbrener und Rainer Dempf like to wrap things. Their latest work blacks out store signs and billboards in downtown Vienna, packaging them in bright yellow plastic wrapping. Now they want to take their adbusting happening global.
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For two weeks, the signs for shops and businesses on Vienna's Neubaugasse have been draped in rapeseed yellow by artists Austrian Christoph Steinbrener und Rainer Dempf.

Foto: Steinbrener/Dempf
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After the Vienna exhibition, Steinbrener and Dempf would like to take their show abroad. This image shows what downtown New York might look like if turned over to Steinbrener and Dempf for a few days.

Foto: Steinbrener/Dempf
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Imagine London's Piccadilly Square, devoid of commercialism.

Foto: Steinbrener/Dempf
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Visitors to Tokyo's Ginza district love to shop. The city's business owners are also happy to accommodate them. But Steinbrener and Dempf would have them seeing yellow.

Foto: Steinbrener/Dempf
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