Joey Skaggs
Joey Skaggs
Joey Skaggsis an American prankster who has organized numerous successful media pranks, hoaxes, and other presentations. Skaggs is one of the originators of the phenomenon known as culture jamming. Skaggs has used Kim Yung Soo, Joe Bones, Joseph Bonuso, Giuseppe Scaggioli, Dr. Joseph Gregor, and the Rev. Anthony Joseph as aliases...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
CountryUnited States of America
news public question
They don't want the public to question their credibility as an investigative news source.
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As a news story, I'm just a subject, not a person. My early performances were provocative, so I was stereotypically portrayed as a counter-cultural figure by the mainstream media.
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So the fact that the media all jump on a story in a similar fashion is not surprising. The opposite, when a voice cuts through to say something different or original, is surprising.
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After years of people sitting on their butts in front one screen or another, looking at or reading about other people's lives and events, a multi-national corporation connected to a global political party manipulates everyone into believing that information derived this way is unhealthy.
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King of the world wouldn't be enough. I'd have to be god of the universe (the Wizard of Oz would suffice).
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I was young and audacious. So I created a way to express my concerns outside of the establishment.
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Other times you can use a calendar to predict the kinds of stories the media is looking for.
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I realized early on that the business of art was the antithesis to the creative process and I decided to circumvent the traditional art market.
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But I'm as susceptible as anyone else. At the same time, I'm highly skeptical.
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The issues of my performances vary, but most of the questions buried in the work remain the same.
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I look at past work as completed, although I'm pleased that each of the pieces seems to have a life of its own and that the issues are still relevant.
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If government and big business could access the media to get their messages out, I figured I could too.
criticized inspired media
How the media interpreted (they got it wrong), editorialized (they condescended) and criticized (they attacked) these performances inspired me to actually use the media more directly, to make my point.
dealing
I mean, who did they think they were dealing with?