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
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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.
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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 was young and audacious. So I created a way to express my concerns outside of the establishment.
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I was primarily a painter, although I was classically trained in a wide spectrum of mediums.
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I mean, who did they think they were dealing with?
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I loved painting and sculpting, but realized how difficult it was for a young artist to be taken seriously by the art establishment.
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I wanted to use the Internet because while fact and fiction are so easily manipulated and blurred, it has also become an ubiquitous and supposedly reliable source for information.
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I want people to be amused or amazed but fooled.
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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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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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They don't want the public to question their credibility as an investigative news source.
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They, the government/church/corporation, give out a daily news pill. Everything you want or need to know, you ingest and digest. As a result, you buy the products, share the beliefs, and vote the right way.
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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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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.