Billboard Liberation Front

Billboard Liberation Front
AbbreviationBLF
FormationDecember 25, 1977 (1977-12-25)
Founded atSan Francisco, California
TypeArtistic collective
Legal statusActive
PurposeCulture jamming, anti-corporate activism
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
MethodsBillboard modification
Key people
Jack Napier
Irving Glikk
Simon Wagstaff
John Law
Gary Warne
Parent organization
Suicide Club (initially)
AffiliationsGuerrilla Girls, monochrom, Joey Skaggs
Websitewww.billboardliberation.com

The Billboard Liberation Front practices culture jamming via altering billboards by changing key words to radically alter the message, often to an anti-corporate message. It started in San Francisco in 1977.

Advertising executives informed Jill Posener, author of Spray it Loud (1982), that the executives designed billboards to attract attacks because the changes drew attention to the products. The BLF were aware of this possibility and considered invoicing advertisers including Chiat Day for the BLF's work.

In 2013, Complex Magazine named the BLF #27 of The 50 Most Influential Street Artists of All Time.