Culture Jamming

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sniggle.net :

  - Well-written introduction to culture jamming in its many forms, with pictures and many links.
Abbie Hoffman Brigade, The :

- Artists who commit public acts of political art designed for free distribution. The Brigade credo is "Steal This Art!"
Abrupt Culture Jamming :

- For 10 years, Abrupt has been culture-jamming with manifestos, ad parodies, and radical pamphleteering.
Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters :

- Vancouver based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters. Famous for their spoof ads.
ameriCON incorporated USA :

- Purports to be a multinational corporation seeking investment from conservative Christian businessmen who are interested in dominating global markets.
Are You Generic? :

- Against unethical corporations, censorship and excessive advertising. Photographs and movies of recent protests, news and discussions.
The Bubble Project :

- Manifesto, templates, book ordering, contact information and recommended links.
BugMeNot.com :

- Bypass compulsory web registration.
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.
The Complacent Organization :

- Articles, event schedule, photographs, message boards and downloadable media.
Culture Jamming :

- Overview of subversive affirmation, media hoaxing, and adbusting, with links to influential participants. [English/German]
Datablob :

- A community and exchange for nonsense, competing with the cheery, industrious capitalism of the world's other great commerce and community websites.
Detroit Project, The :

- Ads linking SUVs to national security, an Arianna Huffington project by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars.
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.
Feed the Mannequins :

- Movement to bring basic comforts to mannequins, who work in horrible conditions and have no power to change it.
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.
Hyper-Redundant-Mart :

- Specializes in 'consumable simulacra'. "Why buy the product, when you can buy the idea? Buy the hype."
The 'I amusingly altered a product's packaging' Page :

- Marker pens and paint are taken to various product names with humorous results.
It Was Him :

- Photographs of altered signs, advertising, and celebrity posters.
K-Band Communications :

- An opening onto the fraudulent reality; material ranges from global art-movement coverage to experimental fiction to corporate subversion.
M. T. Enterprises WorldWide :

- Internet art group with corporate front, promoting "artainment." [Requires frames]
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".
National Cynical Network, The :

- Negativland co-conspirators out of Silicon Valley who produce voicemail art as well as all manner of audio collage.
Plagiarist.org :

- Internet art site comprised of strategically-modified internet content.
Reamweaver :

- Software to "funhouse-mirror" any website, copying the "look and feel" but changing any words or images you choose.
Robbie Conal's Art Attack :

- Political posters, guerilla postering guide and QuickTime movies.
Santa Con :

- An online meeting place for coordinating Santa Con activities, trading stories, and selecting locations.
SantaCon :

- Photos from previous years' events, with meeting times and places for upcoming activities.
Santarchy :

- Santas creating mayhem on the streets in December. Links, police reports, pictures and articles.
Santarchy Canadiana :

- Photos, discussions, and details of upcoming events in major Canadian cities.
Soy Bomb Nation :

- A global grassroots movement dedicated to reclaiming the media from the corporate cheesemongers.
Together We Can Defeat Capitalism :

- Undertakes public art and Internet projects to raise questions about early 21st Century capitalism.
Urbanize.org :

- Guerilla street art. Featuring work by the "Midget Posse" and anonymous graffiti artists.
What a Crappy Present :

- 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).
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.
Mutual Fund from Hell, The :

- "Investing in the war on terror could be a winning proposition -- even if we lose." By Christopher Ketcham. [Salon] (February 11, 2002)