Fresh off their massive exhibit/installation at Opera Gallery, TrustoCorp decided to decorate the streets of Lower Manhattan and Soho with some illegal work as well. A little after 1AM, I got a call from them and was asked to take pictures of their exploits and so I did. The plan was to crack open phone booths and change out the advertising with artwork. With an assist from Public Ad Campaign and Buff Monster, the tight knit group got to work. Each kiosk intervention took at most, two minutes. Here’s the results of their guerrilla-like strikes. (Photos: ANIMALNewYork)
TrustoCorp’s ‘Life Cycle’
ANIMAL stopped by for a visit of TrustoCorp‘s solo exhibit “Life Cycle” at SoHo’s Opera Gallery to see the glorious stained glass Prophet Transformers, the functional Border Patrol arcade shooter, the Beaties cereal for coppers — “More Punch ‘Till Lunch!” — and more of the 50-works worth of awesome. Get a good look inside. Read more »
The Riot Cop Arcade Game at TrustoCorp’s Opera Gallery Show
If you’ve been enjoying Brooklyn collective TrustoCorp’s recent “Drive-Thru Liposuction” takeover in Brooklyn and “Lindsay Lohan Dead” magazine rack hacks all over Hollywood, Manhattan and Williamsburg, get riled up for their shortly upcoming exhibit at SoHo’s Opera Gallery. It’s play time! Check out some fresh works in the preview. Read more »
Here are some fresh street hacks by TrustoCorp in Brooklyn, wherein BP’s “KINDA SORRY,” “Everything is Not a Fine” and “Life Is Ice Cold.” Yeah, not quite as cheery as the last round. The centerpiece is a monochrome, multi-part gas station air pump takeover, complete with an old timey Drive-Thru Liposuction billboard and a 25 cent “Lipo Vac” machine: excess, gluttony, miracle cures… all zeitgeisty American themes.
Parting Shot
Looks like TrustoCorp didn’t just stop at hacking ads around NYC — they stuffed magazine stands in Hollywood, Manhattan and Williamsburg with an entire collection of “special” tabloids… and they killed Lindsay. (Photo: Arrested Motion)
Here are Brooklyn’s road and subway signs freshly hacked by TrustoCorp (first spotted yesterday), featuring handy, pictogram life instructions for the “Rough Road” and several “Things Get Better,” “Stay Positive” encouragements. Just in time for potentially harder times, it will make you LOL. Apparently, it’s sky-rat hunting season, as per the sign: “Due to the recession, pigeons in this area have been re-zoned for consumption.”
Street Art Group Enters Mosque Debate
The Trustocorp collective has decided to show their support for the hotly debated Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan and installed these “Islam is Welcome Here” signs on Park Place outside of the proposed Cordoba House and another about 40 feet from the WTC site. Not surprisingly, with hysteria reaching medieval levels, one of them has already been removed.
Parting Shot: Reminder
This TrustoCorp sign was installed on Wooster Street, suspiciously close to Deitch Projects, but you’ll have to draw your own conclusions as to who the art collective is specifically targeting.
Photo: ANIMALNewYork
TrustoCorp Campaign Now Includes Product Placement
Since most street art blogs are more concerned with promoting anonymous myths and the Post has no chance of uncovering who’s behind it, we might as well come out and congratulate Thunderdog Studios on behalf of their brilliantly executed guerrilla art campaign. In addition to a flurry of cheeky signs, the TrustoCorp is now creating brand parodies and placing them in various store around NYC.
Parting Shot: Playtime!
One of many whimsical signs installed by the recently profiled and mysterious TrustoCorp collective.
Photo: ANIMALNewYork
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