Culture Jamming
Arrkendommer
15-12-2006, 04:30
I was reading a magazine article about this phenomenon called "Culture Jamming" and it was kind of interesting because it was talking about all of these different ways to stick it to the man, and I was wondering what the casual NSer thinks about this.
http://sniggle.net/
Curious Inquiry
15-12-2006, 04:31
Sounds right up my alley :)
Andaluciae
15-12-2006, 04:31
Lame acts of angsty teenagers.
Arrkendommer
15-12-2006, 04:34
Lame acts of angsty teenagers.
*yawns*
Really, is that all? Some of these projects are very creative.
Arrkendommer
15-12-2006, 04:35
Sounds right up my alley :)
Are you some sort of anarchist?
But, really, it does get the message out in my opinion.
Curious Inquiry
15-12-2006, 04:38
Are you some sort of anarchist?
But, really, it does get the message out in my opinion.
Everyone is an anarchist. Not everyone is aware of it. Government is an invention of Man and therefore imaginary :cool:
Arrkendommer
15-12-2006, 04:45
Everyone is an anarchist. Not everyone is aware of it. Government is an invention of Man and therefore imaginary :cool:
*twilight zone theme song*
Curious Inquiry
15-12-2006, 04:49
*twilight zone theme song*
Hardly. Wake up and smell the freedom, son.
Arrkendommer
15-12-2006, 04:56
Hardly. Wake up and smell the freedom, son.
Smells like burnt hair and vanilla lip gloss.
Curious Inquiry
15-12-2006, 04:57
Smells like burnt hair and vanilla lip gloss.
On whose lips?
Bodies Without Organs
15-12-2006, 05:28
But, really, it does get the message out in my opinion.
And what message do you take that to be?
Neo Undelia
15-12-2006, 05:42
Inane.
Buristan
15-12-2006, 05:53
Culture jamming?
Daistallia 2104
15-12-2006, 06:14
Culture jamming?
Basically vandalism as a trendy "political" statement.
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 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming
Fassigen
15-12-2006, 06:18
http://sniggle.net/
That site makes my eyes bleed.
Arrkendommer
16-12-2006, 01:01
That site makes my eyes bleed.
It is rather badly made.
Arrkendommer
16-12-2006, 01:02
And what message do you take that to be?
Anti-consumerist, pushing for change. The article was in the uber-trendy magazine, GOOD.
Arrkendommer
16-12-2006, 01:03
Inane.
Explainmuch?
Compulsive Depression
16-12-2006, 01:26
Basically vandalism as a trendy "political" statement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming
I didn't think I'd ever see that much pretentiousness outside the Tate Modern.
Arrkendommer
16-12-2006, 16:45
*bump*
Dobbsworld
16-12-2006, 16:47
http://www.theyesmen.org/
These guys are great.
Arrkendommer
16-12-2006, 22:44
http://www.theyesmen.org/
These guys are great.
They are amazing!
Accelerus
16-12-2006, 23:00
That site makes my eyes bleed.
That site makes my head hurt. It's so smart, and yet so stupid.
Greater Trostia
16-12-2006, 23:25
Basically vandalism as a trendy "political" statement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_jamming
Sounds enthralling. It provides a way for smarmy ego-centered teens against capitalism (SECTAC) to act out their hormonal impulse to defy authorities, express themselves creatively, and to engage in amateur pseudo-political philosophizing!
Call to power
16-12-2006, 23:36
a far superior site which has far more importance to your everyday NS'er: http://www.anxietyculture.com/
it even has a how to avoid responsibility bit
Nomanslanda
17-12-2006, 00:01
why do these websites have such bad design?:upyours: - it makes my brain drain down my nostrils:(
anyway from the little i've had patience to examine the content sucks as far as prody goes so it's not funny enough to be worth the bother. (what i mean is nice though nothing-new-ish-kinda idea but very poorly implemented by my humble opinion)
My opinion you probably already know Arkenndommer.
Arrkendommer
17-12-2006, 00:44
My opinion you probably already know Arkenndommer.
That spraypaint should be reserved for the armed forces? That improv should be a punishable crime?
Arrkendommer
17-12-2006, 00:45
why do these websites have such bad design?:upyours: - it makes my brain drain down my nostrils:(
anyway from the little i've had patience to examine the content sucks as far as prody goes so it's not funny enough to be worth the bother. (what i mean is nice though nothing-new-ish-kinda idea but very poorly implemented by my humble opinion)
True, most of the graffitti I see is just obsenities or stuff like "Fuk tha I.C. Police!!!"
Arrkendommer
17-12-2006, 00:46
a far superior site which has far more importance to your everyday NS'er: http://www.anxietyculture.com/
it even has a how to avoid responsibility bit
Fun website!
Marrakech II
17-12-2006, 00:54
Smells like burnt hair and vanilla lip gloss.
Reminds me of waking up to some girl in my bed and not knowing what the hell happened back in my early 20's.
Potarius
17-12-2006, 00:57
Fun stuff! I'd love to sniggle some cops.
Arrkendommer
17-12-2006, 01:02
Reminds me of waking up to some girl in my bed and not knowing what the hell happened back in my early 20's.
Why would she be in your bed now?
That spraypaint should be reserved for the armed forces? That improv should be a punishable crime?
No.
I think this is a very good thing.
Arrkendommer
17-12-2006, 03:48
No.
I think this is a very good thing.
Hippy!
Andaluciae
17-12-2006, 04:19
That site makes my eyes bleed.
I looked at it until my eyes hopped out of my head and used the mouse to click the X in the upper right hand corner.
A time period of roughly 2.36 seconds.