…Exploring the role of the prankster as artist, activist and social observer and the significance of the prank in society.
This piece about Richard Reynolds’ Guerrilla Gardening efforts was produced by Green Lions. It aired as part of the launch line-up for Current TV, an independent cable and satellite TV network that broadcasts in the US, the UK and Ireland. Al Gore is the Chairman of the company which makes Viewer Created Content, or VC², available on DirectTV, Dish, Comcast, AT&T U-Verse and other delivery systems.
Thanks to Jake Haglund of DIY:happy
This art prank was submitted by Amsterdam artist Dadara:
Between Christmas and New Year’s Eve of 2006, I built a big pink tank, 8x8x3 metres, with four barrels on a rooftop in the centre of Amsterdam.
Everything was made prefab. I painted all the parts inside the building with a lot of friends during Christmas and then we dragged everything up the roof and assembled it as quickly as possible.
I didn’t tell anyone, but the impact was huge. After it was installed, I said I was going to blow it up with explosives. Continue reading “Love, Peace and Terror”
Here are the first 3 episodes of a series of podcasts of historic Coyle & Sharpe satire presented by Jesse Thorn of The Sound of Young America.
Each podcast is 5 to 7 minutes long. We’ll put up new episodes every Wednesday as they are released.
Here’s a little history from Jesse’s blog at maximumfun.org:
In the early 1960s, James P. Coyle and Mal Sharpe roamed the streets of San Francisco, microphone in hand, roping strangers into bizarre schemes and surreal stunts. Today, their humor is a cultural touchstone for artists as varied as Henry Rollins and The Upright Citizens Brigade.
These recordings are from the Sharpe family archive, which is tended by Mal’s daughter, Jennifer Sharpe. You can learn more about Coyle & Sharpe on their Website or on MySpace.
You can also listen to these podcasts at The Sound of Young America or you can subscribe to them in iTunes.
Still Culture Jamming
Negativland’s Mark Hosler talks about intellectual property, creativity and multimedia art
by Gene Armstrong
Tuscon Weekly
April 12, 2007
Viewed by some as artistic outlaws, Negativland are either the merry pranksters of music, or the monkey wrench gang of popular culture.
For almost 30 years, the group has created striking political statements via media collages–initially in the realms of music and live performance, and now also in the area of visual art, video, books and radio–appropriating sounds, imagery and text from other sources. This sometimes got the group into hot water. Continue reading “Mark Hosler of Negativland Interviewed”
Artist Ellen Moynihan and three artist friends, in a clever and bold juxtiposition of reality, took interior decorating to new lows — the New York subway system. They transformed an F train into a comfortable replica of a living room.
The New York Post covered the story:
RAILROAD APARTMENT: HOME DECORATORS AMBUSH F TRAIN
By Jeremy Olshan, Transit Reporter
New York Post
April 7, 2007 — Interior decorators hijacked an F train yesterday morning, transforming Car 5929 into a cozy living room with curtains, flowers, throw pillows and rugs.
The four artists behind this guerrilla installation, dubbed “No Train Like Home,” boarded the F in Coney Island at 7:38 a.m. carrying brown paper shopping bags filled with decorations and lots of double-sided tape.
As soon as the doors closed, the foursome started covering up every ad in the car with Andy Warhol prints and images of bookshelves.
They left the subway maps alone… For more of this story and more photos, check out The New York Post.