Culture Jamming Media Activism

Culture Jamming Media Activism

Culture jamming, or "media hacking", is the deliberate subversion of media messages (usually advertising). This category is particularly for groups or organizations whose express purpose is to disrupt the institutions of modern, usually Western culture: the corporation, the media, science, religion. In short, their targets are "the Establishment" and most authority. The tactics used are varied, but generally fall in the category of subversive/humorous media stunts. That can range from straight-forward parodies to deliberate hoaxes. At the extremes includes anarchistic acts of "poetic terrorism," like billboard defacement, or "art sabotage", willful acts of destruction in a performance art style.

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- Well-written introduction to culture jamming in its many forms, with pictures and many links.

Mark Dery's Shovelware - Mark Dery popularized the term "culture jamming", and wrote a pamphlet titled "Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping in the Empire of Signs".
Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters - Vancouver based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters. Famous for their spoof ads.
M. T. Enterprises WorldWide - Internet art group with corporate front, promoting "artainment." [Requires frames]
Santarchy - Santas creating mayhem on the streets in December. Links, police reports, pictures and articles.
It Was Him - Photographs of altered signs, advertising, and celebrity posters.
Mutual Fund from Hell, The - "Investing in the war on terror could be a winning proposition -- even if we lose." By Christopher Ketcham. [Salon]
Together We Can Defeat Capitalism - Undertakes public art and Internet projects to raise questions about early 21st Century capitalism.
The Complacent Organization - Articles, event schedule, photographs, message boards and downloadable media.
Free Words Project - 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.
Are You Generic? - Against unethical corporations, censorship and excessive advertising. Photographs and movies of recent protests, news and discussions.
Plagiarist.org - Internet art site comprised of strategically-modified internet content.
The Bubble Project - Manifesto, templates, book ordering, contact information and recommended links.
Abrupt Culture Jamming - For 10 years, Abrupt has been culture-jamming with manifestos, ad parodies, and radical pamphleteering.
K-Band Communications - An opening onto the fraudulent reality; material ranges from global art-movement coverage to experimental fiction to corporate subversion.
Culture Jamming - Overview of subversive affirmation, media hoaxing, and adbusting, with links to influential participants. [English/German]
Detroit Project, The - Ads linking SUVs to national security, an Arianna Huffington project by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars.
Santarchy Canadiana - Photos, discussions, and details of upcoming events in major Canadian cities.
ameriCON incorporated USA - Purports to be a multinational corporation seeking investment from conservative Christian businessmen who are interested in dominating global markets.
SantaCon - Photos from previous years' events, with meeting times and places for upcoming activities.
Santa Con - An online meeting place for coordinating Santa Con activities, trading stories, and selecting locations.
Reamweaver - Software to "funhouse-mirror" any website, copying the "look and feel" but changing any words or images you choose.
Enjoy the Sign - 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.
Abbie Hoffman Brigade, The - Artists who commit public acts of political art designed for free distribution. The Brigade credo is "Steal This Art!"
BugMeNot.com - Bypass compulsory web registration.
Urbanize.org - Guerilla street art. Featuring work by the "Midget Posse" and anonymous graffiti artists.
The 'I amusingly altered a product's packaging' Page - Marker pens and paint are taken to various product names with humorous results.
Feed the Mannequins - Movement to bring basic comforts to mannequins, who work in horrible conditions and have no power to change it.
Robbie Conal's Art Attack - Political posters, guerilla postering guide and QuickTime movies.
Cacophony Society - 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.
National Cynical Network, The - Negativland co-conspirators out of Silicon Valley who produce voicemail art as well as all manner of audio collage.
Datablob - A community and exchange for nonsense, competing with the cheery, industrious capitalism of the world's other great commerce and community websites.
Soy Bomb Nation - A global grassroots movement dedicated to reclaiming the media from the corporate cheesemongers.
The Yes Men - 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.
Hyper-Redundant-Mart - Specializes in 'consumable simulacra'. "Why buy the product, when you can buy the idea? Buy the hype."

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