Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions

BUGA UP
Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions
AbbreviationBUGA UP
Predecessor
  • Non-Smokers Rights Movement
  • MOP UP (Movement Opposed to the Promotion of Unhealthy Products)
FormationOctober 1979 (1979-10)
Founders
Founded atSydney
PurposeAnti-smoking
Location
MethodsBillboard hijacking using graffiti
FieldSubvertising
Key people
Publication
B.U.G.A.U.P.
Websitebugaup.org

Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions, or B.U.G.A.U.P. ("bugger up") is an Australian subvertising artistic movement. It practices billboard hijacking using détournement or modification with graffiti of such billboard advertising that promotes something that is deemed unhealthy.