Culture jamming : activism and the art of cultural resistance /
edited by Marilyn DeLaure and Moritz Fink ; with a foreward by Mark Dery.
- New York : New York University Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foreword / Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Definitions and debates -- Culture jamming : hacking, slashing, and sniping in the empire of signs / Pranking rhetoric : "culture jamming" as media activism / The faker as producer: the politics of fabrication and the three orders of the fake / Putting the "jamming" into culture jamming : theory, praxis, and cultural production during the Arab spring / From culture jamming to cultural acupuncture / Critical case studies -- Radical scavenging revisited : emile de Antonio and the culture jamming of compilation film / Never mind the Bollocks : shepard fairey's fight for appropriation, fair use, and free culture / Facing : image and politics in Jr's global street art (2004/2012) / Answering back! Banksy's street art and the power relations of public space / Co-opting the culture jammers: the guerrilla marketing of crispin porter + -- Bogusky -- Michael serazio -- Culture jamming in prime time : the Simpsons and the tradition of corporate satire / The poetics of ruptural performance / Turning tricks : culture jamming and the flash mob / Memes, movements, and meteorology : occupy Wall Street and new mutations in culture jamming / Jamming the simulacrum : on drones, virtual reality, and real wars / Balaclavas and Putin : pussy riot, carnivalesque protest, and political culture : jamming in Russia / Culture jammers' studio -- The day I killed freedom of expression / Notes on the economic unconscious from a billionaire for Bush / Artwork and commentary / Delocator.net : using the web to organize and promote alternative behaviors -- The yes men : an interview / Networked reality flow hacks / Iocose : art, authority, and culture jamming / "Say yes" : an interview with reverend Billy and Savitri D / About the contributors -- Index. Mark Dery -- Marilyn DeLaure and Moritz Fink -- Mark Dery -- Christine Harold -- Marco Deseriis -- Mark LeVine -- Henry Jenkins -- Christof Decker -- Evelyn McDonnell -- Michael LeVan -- Benedikt Feiten -- Moritz Fink -- Tony Perucci -- Rebecca Walker -- Jack Bratich -- Wazhmah Osman -- Anna Baranchuk -- Kembrew McLeod -- Andrew Boyd -- The Guerrilla Girls -- Marilyn DeLaure -- Paolo Cirio -- Paolo Ruffino, Matteo Cremonesi, Filippo Cuttica, and Davide Prati (IOCOSE) -- Marilyn DeLaure --
Coined in the 1980s, culture jamming refers to an array of tactics deployed by activists to critique, subvert, and otherwise jam the workings of consumer culture. Ranging from media hoaxes and advertising parodies to flash mobs and street art, these actions seek to interrupt the flow of dominant, capitalistic messages that permeate our daily lives. Employed by Occupy Wall Street protesters and the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot alike, culture jamming scrambles the signal, injects the unexpected, and spurs audiences to think critically and challenge the status quo. The essays, interviews, and creative work assembled in this unique volume explore the shifting contours of culture jamming by plumbing its history, mapping its transformations, testing its force, and assessing its efficacy. Revealing how culture jamming is at once playful and politically transgressive, this accessible collection explores the degree to which culture jamming has fulfilled its revolutionary aims. Featuring original essays from prominent media scholars discussing Banksy and Shepard Fairey, foundational texts such as Mark Dery s culture jamming manifesto, and artwork by and interviews with noteworthy culture jammers including the Guerrilla Girls, The Yes Men, and Reverend Billy, "Culture Jamming" makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of creative resistance and participatory culture.
9781479850815
Mass media--Social aspects. Mass media--Political aspects.