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sniggle.net
Well-written introduction to culture jamming in its many forms, with pictures and many links.
http://www.sniggle.net/

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"
http://www.levity.com/markdery/

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]
http://gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/~blimp/full_text/lerner/lerner.html

Derek Baker
Opinions, issues, and links.
http://www.derekbaker.net/culturejam.htm

National Cynical Network, The
Negativland co-conspirators out of Silicon Valley who produce voicemail art as well as all manner of audio collage.
http://www.nationalcynical.com/

sfweekly.com: The Medium is the Message
"A new generation of Bay Area 'culture jammers' manipulates media manipulation" - by Sam Williams
http://www.sfweekly.com/extra/culturejam.html

Plagiarist.org
Internet art site comprised of strategically-modified internet content.
http://plagiarist.org/

Abrupt Culture Jamming
For 10 years, Abrupt has been culture-jamming with manifestos, ad parodies, and radical pamphleteering.
http://www.abrupt.org/CJ/CJ.html

Soy Bomb Nation
A global grassroots movement dedicated to reclaiming the media from the corporate cheesemongers.
http://www.hiphopmusic.com/soybomb.html

Subvertise
Archive of subverts, political art, spoof banner ads and parody web sites.
http://www.subvertise.org

Urbanize.org
Guerilla street art. Featuring work by the "Midget Posse" and anonymous graffiti artists.
http://www.urbanize.org/

Hyper-Redundant-Mart
Specializes in 'consumable simulacra'. "Why buy the product, when you can buy the idea? Buy the hype."
http://www.trojanmedia.org/hypermart.html

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.
http://cacophony.org/

Yuppie Takeover
Graphic art taken to the streets as a way of questioning the consumerist way of life. T-shirts, stickers, posters, propaganda.
http://www.yuppietakeover.com/

Hacking Memes
Essay about the anti-meme movement by Stephen Downes.
http://www.atl.ualberta.ca/downes/threads/column052599.htm

The 'I amusingly altered a product's packaging' Page
Marker pens and paint are taken to various product names with humorous results.
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/2993/quikbrew.htm

Baltimore City Paper: Gear Jammers
Article about the "sweatshop" Nike ID and Mike "Pepsi Boy" Cameron. By Joab Jackson.
http://www.citypaper.com/2001-03-14/cyber.html

ameriCON incorporated USA
Internet-based artists platform dedicated to the art of social critique.
http://www.lastminute-records.com/americon

Robbie Conal's Art Attack
Political posters, guerilla postering guide and QuickTime movies.
http://www.robbieconal.com/

Datablob
A community and exchange for nonsense, competing with the cheery, industrious capitalism of the world's other great commerce and community websites.
http://www.datablob.com/

Feed the Mannequins
Movement to bring basic comforts to mannequins, who work in horrible conditions and have no power to change it.
http://www.angelfire.com/ego/feedmanneqs/

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.
http://www.freewords.org/

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.
http://theyesmen.org/

Reamweaver
Software to "funhouse-mirror" any website, copying the "look and feel" but changing any words or images you choose.
http://reamweaver.com/

A Thank-You For Sale
A web site promoting creative and unconventional modes of activism and free speech.
http://athankyouforsale.hypermart.net/

Mutual Fund from Hell, The
"Investing in the war on terror could be a winning proposition -- even if we lose." By Christopher Ketcham. [Salon]
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/11/axis_of_evil_fund/

Subvert
Art that inspires, provokes, and subverts the dominant corporate paradigm. Information on their music, stickers, and project.
http://subvert.us/

Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters
Vancouver based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters. Famous for their spoof ads.
http://www.adbusters.org/

M. T. Enterprises WorldWide
Internet art group with corporate front, promoting "artainment." [Requires frames]
http://mteww.com/

K-Band Communications
An opening onto the fraudulent reality; material ranges from global art-movement coverage to experimental fiction to corporate subversion.
http://www.kband.com

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.
http://www.enjoythesign.com/

Abbie Hoffman Brigade, The
Artists who commit public acts of political art designed for free distribution. The Brigade credo is "Steal This Art!"
http://users.lmi.net/bblackie/ahb/

Together We Can Defeat Capitalism
Undertakes public art and Internet projects to raise questions about early 21st Century capitalism.
http://www.twcdc.com/

Detroit Project, The
Ads linking SUVs to national security, an Arianna Huffington project by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars.
http://www.detroitproject.com/

Are You Generic?
Against unethical corporations, censorship and excessive advertising. Photographs and movies of recent protests, news and discussions.
http://www.areyougeneric.org/

Santarchy
Santas creating mayhem on the streets in December. Links, police reports, pictures and articles.
http://santarchy.com/

The Complacent Organization
Articles, event schedule, photographs, message boards and downloadable media.
http://www.complacent.org/



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