…Exploring the role of the prankster as artist, activist and social observer and the significance of the prank in society.
Satire uses elements of a prior work to target some other aspect of society, parody uses elements of a prior work to target the prior work itself.
Traveling into or out of the United States (and want to be able to travel without the fear of deportation)? Show the authorities that your online activity from the past five years has been pre-screened and approved.
Print your customizable Social Media Compliance Certificate, by artist Joey Skaggs, and keep it with your passport and other important travel documents.
https://joeyskaggs.com/works/social-media-compliance-certificate/.
Been there, done that! Watch Pandora’s Hope movie, which is featured as a hoax-in-progress in Andrea Marini’s Art of the Prank movie.
“Scientists are racing to grow human teeth in the lab,” by Jacopo Prisco, CNN, October 23, 2025.
It’s not surprising that many people fear the dentist. Replacing a tooth often requires invasive surgery and implanting a titanium screw into a patient’s jawbone, then waiting months for that to strengthen into an artificial root, before attaching a crown or cap on top of it.
But research groups around the world are working to find ways to implant or grow real biological teeth in a human jaw. Read the whole article here.
Dime for a shine? Fuhgeddaboudit!
In 1979, Joey Skaggs, SVA students and friends, make a statement about runaway inflation by charging ten times more than normal for a luxury shoe shine on Wall Street for workers who easily made ten times more than the average person.
Check out the story behind the Wall Street Shoe Shine here.
Catch the October virtual screening of “Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP” at Shockfest Adventure Film Festival.
BioPEEP is an organization that genetically engineers humans to become addicted to specific consumer products — a scheme that turns into a government weapon — until a whistleblower exposes the conspiracy and sparks mass protests.
Ready to find out what’s real and what’s total B.S.? Stream this adventure starting today through October 31, 2025!
GET TICKETS HERE & WATCH THE FILM (in the Documentary section)
Find out more about Stop BioPEEP here
And more about the Joey Skaggs oral history film series here.
From the Vault: Maqdananda
“Why deal with the legal system without knowing the outcome beforehand?”-Maqdananda
Legal council from the other side. From courtrooms to crystal balls, Maqdananda brings legal advice to another dimension.
Joey Skaggs as Maqdananda, Psychic Attorney, in a :30 CNN TV commercial (1994).