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
hope people work
My hope is that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.
amazed amused people
I want people to be amused or amazed but fooled.
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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.
reality people trying
When I create a false reality, I always try to create a plausible structure to help convince people.
artist ideas people
My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is, that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.
fake-people important stories
Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.
news satire
Satire and believability are irresistible to the news media.
change consciousness great leads technology
Technology and consciousness are evolutionary and co-dependant. Change is inevitable. Where it leads will always be a great curiosity.
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You go to school. You stay out of trouble. You get a job. You get married. You have a family. You pay taxes. You pray to the right god. You get old (if you're lucky). And you die.
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I was primarily a painter, although I was classically trained in a wide spectrum of mediums.
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When something seemingly adverse happens, I use it as an opportunity. Controversies help to distract reporters from questioning the original premise.
nuclear plant political power provide
Celebrations of anniversaries of disasters, such as nuclear power plant meltdowns or political assassinations, provide opportunities, as do holidays.
aspect consciousness point revelation
Revelation is the most important aspect of the process. That's the point where consciousness can change.
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So I began doing confrontational, iconoclastic performances, bringing my artwork into the public arena, like the Easter Sunday Crucifixion in 1966, which started when I dragged a 200-pound ten-foot-tall sculpture depicting a decayed figure on a cross into Tompkins Square Park on the Lower East Side.