…Exploring the role of the prankster as artist, activist and social observer and the significance of the prank in society.
Who is Joey Skaggs?
Find out more as the New Jersey Film Festival screens the first four oral histories in the new series, Joey Skaggs Satire and Art Activism, 1960s to the Present and Beyond this Friday, February 12, 2021.
The screening is virtual and is available for streaming anywhere (not just in New Jersey) for 24 hours as of 12:01 am. From the moment you begin watching, you have 24 hours to finish it.
ANNOUNCING:
Joey Skaggs Satire and Art Activism,
1960s to the Present and Beyond
A new series of short oral history films,
produced and directed by Judy Drosd with Joey Skaggs
UPCOMING SCREENINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE HERE
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Norman Savage was a poet, author, friend and long-time co-conspirator. In addition to participating in performance pieces, he also doubled as me, even though we didn’t look or sound at all alike, on numerous occasions.
He was always game for some sly fun.
Here’s a brief journey through some of our hijinks together.
In 1986, Norman played the part of a diet commando in my Fat Squad hoax, where you could take out a contract on yourself and commandos would keep you on your diet.
In 1988, when Entertainment Tonight asked me to appear for a story promising the inside scoop on great hoaxes and hoaxers—how the news media falls for their stories, what to watch out for, and how not to be fooled—I sent Norman to appear as me. 
In 1990, Norman played a “Hair Today, Ltd” scalp donor in a photo taken for Mark Dery’s article “The Merry Pranksters and the Art of the Hoax” in The New York Times.
Continue reading “Norman Savage, RIP”
FISH NEED BETTER HOMES!
This April, 2020, Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center presents
“Closed: SOS Mother Earth”
A virtual exhibition in honor of Earth Day, featuring
Joey Skaggs Fish Condos
See it here on Facebook (public link) and here on Instagram.
The exhibit will soon also be on their website.
Here’s a tease…
Read about the exhibition in El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish).
New York’s irreverent April Fools’ Day Parade, poking fun at the past year’s displays of hype, hypocrisy, deceit, bigotry, and downright foolishness, is not cancelled! The theme this year is “WITCH HUNT!”
But for the first time in the 35-year history, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the parade will be conceptual. Imagine it on Wednesday, April 1, 12 Noon to 3 PM starting at 5th Ave. & 59th St. and marching down to Washington Square Park.
Stay home, stay healthy, flatten the curve and survive! And join us between now and Wednesday, April 1 by virtually designing your own floats and voting for the King of Fools (your choice from countless fools). Post on FB, Twitter or Instagram using #aprilfoolsdayparade and tag us at Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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