Open Directory - Society: Activism: Media: Culture Jamming
See also: - Well-written introduction to culture jamming in its many forms, with pictures and many links. - Artists who commit public acts of political art designed for free distribution. The Brigade credo is "Steal This Art!" - For 10 years, Abrupt has been culture-jamming with manifestos, ad parodies, and radical pamphleteering. - Vancouver based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters. Famous for their spoof ads. - Against unethical corporations, censorship and excessive advertising. Photographs and movies of recent protests, news and discussions. - Bypass compulsory web registration. - 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. - Overview of subversive affirmation, media hoaxing, and adbusting, with links to influential participants. [English/German] - Ads linking SUVs to national security, an Arianna Huffington project by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars. - 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. - Movement to bring basic comforts to mannequins, who work in horrible conditions and have no power to change it. - 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. - Specializes in 'consumable simulacra'. "Why buy the product, when you can buy the idea? Buy the hype." - Photographs of altered signs, advertising, and celebrity posters. - An opening onto the fraudulent reality; material ranges from global art-movement coverage to experimental fiction to corporate subversion. - Internet art group with corporate front, promoting "artainment." [Requires frames] - Mark Dery popularized the term "culture jamming", and wrote a pamphlet titled "Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping in the Empire of Signs". - Negativland co-conspirators out of Silicon Valley who produce voicemail art as well as all manner of audio collage. - Site in the style of recruitment site, giving negative information about joining the U.S. Armed Forces and life as a soldier. - Advertisements challenging the societal norm of the engagement ring, designed by Olga A. Matveeva. - Political posters, guerilla postering guide and QuickTime movies. - A global grassroots movement dedicated to reclaiming the media from the corporate cheesemongers. - Manifesto, templates, book ordering, contact information and recommended links. - Articles, event schedule, photographs, message boards and downloadable media. - Flash mobs, pranks, guerrilla gardening, and other underground shenanigans. - Undertakes public art and Internet projects to raise questions about early 21st Century capitalism. - Blog about pranks, hacks, participatory art, flash mobs, and other creative endeavors in public places. - Guerilla street art. Featuring work by the "Midget Posse" and anonymous graffiti artists. - Purports to be a multinational corporation seeking investment from conservative Christian businessmen who are interested in dominating global markets.
