63 posts tagged culture hacking

British Indie Band creates Music Video Using CCTV by Marcy LaViollette Filed under: Culture Jamming and Reality Hacking Submitted by Marcy LaViollette: One of the most difficult things for a DIY label to do is to create an engaging music video on a shoestring budget.

Update submitted by Marcy LaViollette, May 8, 2008 (see original post below): This stencil art festival has some pretty amazing artistry. This is my favorite: Many other wonderful images to check out: Make: Blog: The Cans Festival, stencil art fest Rugenius at Banksy’s Cans Festival (NOTCOT)

Update submitted by pranks.com contributor Marcy LaViollette, May 8, 2008: This stencil art festival has some pretty amazing artistry. This is my favorite: Too many other wonderful images to choose from.

Gas price protest singer arrested at Ind. convenience store 1010WINS May 6, 2008 Valparaiso, Ind. (AP) — A man with a guitar and a megaphone climbed atop a convenience store roof to serenade commuters with his musical protest of high gasoline prices - until police halted the impromptu concert.

From ArtDaily.org: Tunnel becomes Banksy art exhibit BBC News May 2, 2008 A disused road tunnel in south London has been turned into a giant exhibition space by graffiti artist Banksy. Murals in the Bristol artist’s famous stencil style appear with work by 29 other artists in a half-mile stretch of the tunnel in Leake Street, Waterloo.

The Arts: Art Aimed to Shock High Concept: Schneider with an installation on Bondi Beach, Australia by Jennie Yabroff Newsweek May 5, 2008 Yale’s abortion artist is the latest to try—and fail—to start a conversation. A German artist wants to install a terminally ill patient in a gallery as an exhibit.

Extreme Body Art posted by Moderator Filed under: Culture Jamming and Reality Hacking Most of the following images are from Body Modification Ezine and have been widely circulating on the Internet. For the definitive work on the subject, check out V. Vale’s Modern Primitives, published by RE/Search.

Submitted by Adrian Luca: I wrote this article in 2006 after researching contemporary online reaction to the blog, stopmyabortion.com. For the article, I contacted Bargal20 via email, and asked for an interview. She agreed to be interviewed, but only via Yahoo Messenger — first via text, then in voice.

From Deborah Thomas: The Project for Public Spaces, presents their astounding accomplishments in their April 1 newsletter. Here are a few highlights. For the full spectrum of victories in their effort to create more livable cities, visit here.

Rick Rollin’ Along posted by Moderator Filed under: Culture Jamming and Reality Hacking ‘Rickrolled basketball game’ video is ’80s pop fiction posted by Caroline McCarthy CNET News.com March 26, 2008 This post was updated at 9:19 AM PT on Thursday to reflect the correction issued by the New York Times.