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New billboard calls for end to aviation advertising in Bristol
A new billboard has been painted in St Werburgh’s calling for Bristol City Council to end aviation advertising in the city.
The mural, which features a bright orange-coloured fire in the background and two boarding passes in the foreground, writes ‘Bristol Airport is Big Enough’ and ‘Stop adverts fuelling the climate crisis’.
The billboard was designed by Soofiya (@SoofiyaC), a designer and illustrator, who has also worked with magazine and zine, gal-dem.
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The volunteer-led group Adblock Bristol, who own the community arts billboard on Mina Road in St Werburgh’s, is behind the newest billboard.
Painting began on the billboard at 2pm on Thursday, September 16 and finished at 7pm the same day.
Adblock Bristol are calling for Bristol City Council to ban the advertising of high carbon products such as airlines, airports, petrol and diesel cars and fossil fuel companies.
After issuing an open letter to the council on the morning of Wednesday, September 14, volunteers have come together to paint-by-numbers on the public-owned billboard in a week of action against airline and advertising that began on Saturday, September 10 and ends on Saturday, September 17.
Campaigners hope that offering paintbrushes and paint pots to the public will increase community engagement and allow for more discussions and debate around the issue of aviation advertising and fossil fuels.
Adblock Bristol is also keen to celebrate activism through local artists and practitioners to highlight the connection between the two forms.
Adblock Bristol joins organisations across the UK and abroad, in cities including Norwich and Lambeth, to mark an international week of actions challenging high carbon advertising.
Previous paintings on the same spot include a ‘Not Enough Trees’ billboard and a billboard highlighting Barclays investment in fossil fuels, with the words ‘Banking on our future extinction’.
Main photo: Mia Vines Booth
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