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Culture jamming is the act of transforming existing mass media to produce negative commentary about itself, using the original medium's communication method. It is a form of public activism which is generally in opposition to commercialism, and the vectors of corporate image. The aim of culture jamming is to create a contrast between corporate image and the realities of the corporation. This is done symbolically, with the "detournement" of pop iconography.
It is based on the idea that advertising is little more than propaganda for established interests, and that there is a lack of an available means for alternative expression in industrialized nations. Culture jamming is a resistance movement to the perceived hegemony of popular culture, based on the ideas of "guerrilla communication".
Culture jamming's intent differs from that of artistic appropriation (which is done for art's sake) and vandalism (where destruction or defacement is the primary goal), although its results are not always so easily distinguishable.
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dPulse artist 3kStatic referenced on Wikipedia article on Culture Jamming http://bit.ly/Cl4OI
GreenDragon (Martin aka GD) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:19:03 -0000
dPulse artist 3kStatic referenced on Wikipedia article on Culture Jamming http://bit.ly/Cl4OI
dPulse artist 3kStatic referenced on Wikipedia article on Culture Jamming http://bit.ly/Cl4OI
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dPulse artist 3kStatic referenced on Wikipedia article on Culture Jamming http://bit.ly/Cl4OI
dPulse artist 3kStatic referenced on Wikipedia article on Culture Jamming http://bit.ly/Cl4OI
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dPulse artist 3kStatic referenced on Wikipedia article on Culture Jamming http://bit.ly/Cl4OI
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Jamming, remixing pop culture. What a world.
minesalkin (Miné Salkin) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:07:26 -0000
Jamming, remixing pop culture. What a world.
From culture jamming to art jamming - the portraits of Jorge Rodriguez Gerada. http://j.mp/3It2km #fb
altartist (Alt Artist) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:42:12 -0000
From culture jamming to art jamming - the portraits of Jorge Rodriguez Gerada. http://j.mp/3It2km #fb
Mark Dery's Pyrotechnic Insanitarium - Mark Dery popularized the term culture jamming, and wrote a pamphlet titled Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping in the Empire of Signs
sniggle.net - Well-written introduction to culture jamming in its many forms, with pictures and many links.
Meta Description: [ entertaining pranktivism for creative people in exceptional times ]
Abbie Hoffman Brigade, The - Artists who commit public acts of political art designed for free distribution. The Brigade credo is Steal This Art!
Meta Description: [ the abbie hoffman brigade has no leaders or followers, only actors who commit public acts of art designed for free distribution. ]
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.
Meta Description: [ The Culturejammer's website, Adbusters magazine ]
ameriCON incorporated USA - Internet-based artists platform dedicated to the art of social critique.
Meta Description: [ Fight terrorism with ameriCON incorporated USA! ameriCON INC is 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.
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Blimp: At Play in the Media Scrapheap - Already notorious for his guerrilla tactics in dealing with the mass media, San Francisco based filmmaker Craig Baldwin has explored the potential of culture jamming in his new film Sonic Outlaws. By Jesse Lerner. [English w/German summary]
BugMeNot.com - Bypass compulsory web registration.
Meta Description: [ Access and share logins for websites that require you to register in order to view content. ]
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.
Meta Description: [ 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. You may already be a member. ]
Datablob - A community and exchange for nonsense, competing with the cheery, industrious capitalism of the world's other great commerce and community websites.
Meta Description: [ Datablob: The nonsense exchange. Welcome to the community of nonsense, where you can buy, sell, or become nonsense. ]
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Derek Baker - Opinions, issues, and links.
Detroit Project, The - Ads linking SUVs to national security, an Arianna Huffington project by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars.
Meta Description: [ Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars - An Arianna Huffington Project to fund ads linking SUVs to national security ]
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.
Meta Description: [ Gordon Winiemko is a media artist whose savvy, nuanced, and internationally exhibited work examines cultural assumptions and phenomena with a razor-sharp wit. ]
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.
Meta Description: [ Home of the Free Words 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 your free copy in 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.
Meta Description: [ HYPER-REDUNDANT-MART specializes in consumable simulacra, we have everything you might as well need in today's post-post-modern world. Why buy the product, when you can buy the idea? ]
It Was Him - Photographs of altered signs, advertising, and celebrity posters.
Meta Description: [ 'It was him' is a gallery of images showing public interventions into the world of advertising - or 'subvertising'. ]
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]
Mindbomb.tv - Alterations of television advertisements to comment on the human condition and provoke discussions of media literacy. Also provides calendar of live events and suggestions for action.
Meta Description: [ Mindbomb.tv - Video Hacks and Spoofs of Hummer, IBM, Boeing, Yahoo, and Super Bowl TV Commerials. ]
Mutual Fund from Hell, The - Investing in the war on terror could be a winning proposition -- even if we lose. By Christopher Ketcham. [Salon]
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.
Meta Description: [ The original plagiarist.org. Accept
no substitutes. Copyright 1998-2000 plagiarist(tm). All rights reserved. ]
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Reamweaver - Software to funhouse-mirror any website, copying the look and feel but changing any words or images you choose.
Meta Description: [ Reamweaver lets you instantly funhouse-mirror anyone's website--an ability you can use to obtain speaking opportunities on behalf of your adopted organization. Reamweaver is your instant sense-making web proxy! ]
Robbie Conal's Art Attack - Political posters, guerilla postering guide and QuickTime movies.
Meta Description: [ Official Site of Robbie Conal. Keep up with Robbie Conal, his artwork, posters and postering tours. ]
Santa Con - An online meeting place for coordinating Santa Con activites, trading stories, and selecting locations.
Meta Description: [ A tribe for coordinating your Santa Con activites, trading stories, selecting locations, and exchanging bodily fluids in the Christmas Spirit! HO HO HO ]
SantaCon - Photos from previous years' events, with meeting times and places for upcoming activities.
Santacon Cymru - Historical information on events in Wales.
Santarchy - Santas creating mayhem on the streets in December. Links, police reports, pictures and articles.
Meta Description: [ Global matrix of the annual Santacon events. ]
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.
Meta Description: [ Behold the manifesto of the Soy Bomb Nation. We will bring this nation to it's knees! Hide your daughters and burn the cheese! ]
Subvert - Art that inspires, provokes, and subverts the dominant corporate paradigm. Information on their music, stickers, and project.
Meta Description: [ Direction + Design + 3D + Visual Effects ]
The Complacent Organization - Articles, event schedule, photographs, message boards and downloadable media.
Meta Description: [ The Complacent Orginization. A loose knit collection of culture jammers around the planet and on your street corner. Subvertising, media manipulation, autonomous zones, revelry, mischief and madness... ]
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.
Meta Description: [ The Yes Men agree their way into the fortified compounds of commerce, ask questions,
and smuggle out stories. They call this 'Identity Correction.' ]
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.
Meta Description: [ Urbanize.org : reclaiming our cities from corporate rule through subversive art. ]
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).
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