Knowledge: culture jamming
See Also:
- arts → visual arts → performance art
- arts → visual arts → public art → street art → guerrilla art
- society → issues → environment → consumerism → activism
- society → issues → human rights and liberties → free speech
- society → issues → intellectual property
- society → politics → anarchism → culture
- society → subcultures
Links
- M. T. Enterprises WorldWide
http://mteww.com/ - Internet art group with corporate front, promoting "artainment." [Requires frames]
- K-Band Communications
http://www.kband.com - An opening onto the fraudulent reality; material ranges from global art-movement coverage to experimental fiction to corporate subversion.
- Enjoy the Sign
http://www.enjoythesign.com/ - A funny, provocative movie about the filmmakers' obsession -- framed perversely as a series of TV commercials -- with a shining emblem of modern culture, The Sign.
- Plagiarist.org
http://plagiarist.org/ - Internet art site comprised of strategically-modified internet content.
- Abrupt Culture Jamming
http://www.abrupt.org/CJ/CJ.html - For 10 years, Abrupt has been culture-jamming with manifestos, ad parodies, and radical pamphleteering.
- Soy Bomb Nation
http://www.hiphopmusic.com/soybomb.html - A global grassroots movement dedicated to reclaiming the media from the corporate cheesemongers.
- Urbanize.org
http://www.urbanize.org/ - Guerilla street art. Featuring work by the "Midget Posse" and anonymous graffiti artists.
- Hyper-Redundant-Mart
http://www.trojanmedia.org/hypermart.html - Specializes in 'consumable simulacra'. "Why buy the product, when you can buy the idea? Buy the hype."
- Cacophony Society
http://cacophony.org/ - A randomly gathered network of individuals united in the pursuit of experiences beyond the pale of mainstream society through subversion, pranks, art, fringe explorations and meaningless madness.
- The 'I amusingly altered a product's packaging' Page
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/2993/quikbrew.htm - Marker pens and paint are taken to various product names with humorous results.
- Robbie Conal's Art Attack
http://www.robbieconal.com/ - Political posters, guerilla postering guide and QuickTime movies.
- Feed the Mannequins
http://www.angelfire.com/ego/feedmanneqs/ - Movement to bring basic comforts to mannequins, who work in horrible conditions and have no power to change it.
- Free Words Project
http://www.freewords.org/ - Book project by artist Sal Randolph. Free Words is a free and uncopyrighted book being given away in bookstores, libraries, galleries and other venues. Look for a free copy in New York bookstores, or download a pdf version from this site.
- The Yes Men
http://theyesmen.org/ - A genderless, loose-knit association of some 300 impostors worldwide who agree their way into the fortified compounds of commerce, ask questions, and then smuggle out the stories of the behind-the-scenes world of business.
- Reamweaver
http://reamweaver.com/ - Software to "funhouse-mirror" any website, copying the "look and feel" but changing any words or images you choose.
- Mutual Fund from Hell, The
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/11/axis_of_evil_fund/ - "Investing in the war on terror could be a winning proposition -- even if we lose." By Christopher Ketcham. [Salon]
- Abbie Hoffman Brigade, The
http://users.lmi.net/bblackie/ahb/ - Artists who commit public acts of political art designed for free distribution. The Brigade credo is "Steal This Art!"
- Together We Can Defeat Capitalism
http://www.twcdc.com/ - Undertakes public art and Internet projects to raise questions about early 21st Century capitalism.
- National Cynical Network, The
http://www.nationalcynical.com/ - Negativland co-conspirators out of Silicon Valley who produce voicemail art as well as all manner of audio collage.
- Detroit Project, The
http://www.detroitproject.com/ - Ads linking SUVs to national security, an Arianna Huffington project by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars.
- Are You Generic?
http://www.areyougeneric.org/ - Against unethical corporations, censorship and excessive advertising. Photographs and movies of recent protests, news and discussions.
- Santarchy
http://santarchy.com/ - Santas creating mayhem on the streets in December. Links, police reports, pictures and articles.
- The Complacent Organization
http://www.complacent.org/ - Articles, event schedule, photographs, message boards and downloadable media.
- sniggle.net
http://www.sniggle.net/ - Well-written introduction to culture jamming in its many forms, with pictures and many links.
- Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters
http://www.adbusters.org/ - Vancouver based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters. Famous for their spoof ads.
- BugMeNot.com
http://bugmenot.com/ - Bypass compulsory web registration.
- What a Crappy Present
http://www.whatacrappypresent.com/ - Humorous site that encourages people to not buy music CDs, mainly as a protest against the music sales and distribution industry (but not the artists themselves).
- It Was Him
http://www.itwashim.com/ - Photographs of altered signs, advertising, and celebrity posters.
- SantaCon
http://www.santacon.com/ - Photos from previous years' events, with meeting times and places for upcoming activities.
- Santa Con
http://santacon.tribe.net/ - An online meeting place for coordinating Santa Con activities, trading stories, and selecting locations.
- Santarchy Canadiana
http://www.santacon.ca/ - Photos, discussions, and details of upcoming events in major Canadian cities.
- Santacon Cymru
http://www23.brinkster.com/enigma23/santacon/ - Historical information on events in Wales.
- ameriCON incorporated USA
http://americonincorporated.com/ - Purports to be a multinational corporation seeking investment from conservative Christian businessmen who are interested in dominating global markets.
- Datablob
http://www.ideacog.net/datablob/ - A community and exchange for nonsense, competing with the cheery, industrious capitalism of the world's other great commerce and community websites.
- Mark Dery's Shovelware
http://www.markdery.com/ - Mark Dery popularized the term "culture jamming", and wrote a pamphlet titled "Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping in the Empire of Signs".
- Culture Jamming
http://www.culture-jamming.de - Overview of subversive affirmation, media hoaxing, and adbusting, with links to influential participants. [English/German]
- The Bubble Project
http://thebubbleproject.com/ - Manifesto, templates, book ordering, contact information and recommended links.
- genderpranks.org
http://www.genderpranks.org/ - Subverting commonly held assumptions around gender in public settings as a means of activism.
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