| Websites in Culture Jamming |
- Abbie Hoffman Brigade, The
Artists who commit public acts of political art designed for free distribution. The Brigade credo is "Steal This Art!"
 http://users.lmi.net/bblackie/ahb/
- Abrupt Culture Jamming
For 10 years, Abrupt has been culture-jamming with manifestos, ad parodies, and radical pamphleteering.
http://www.abrupt.org/CJ/CJ.html
- Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters
Vancouver based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters. Famous for their spoof ads.
http://www.adbusters.org/
- Are You Generic?
Against unethical corporations, censorship and excessive advertising. Photographs and movies of recent protests, news and discussions.
http://www.areyougeneric.org/
- Baltimore City Paper: Gear Jammers
Article about the "sweatshop" Nike ID and Mike "Pepsi Boy" Cameron. By Joab Jackson.
http://www.citypaper.com/2001-03-14/cyber.html
- Blimp: At Play in the Media Scrapheap
"Already notorious for his guerrilla tactics in dealing with the mass media, San Francisco based filmmaker Craig Baldwin has explored the potential of culture jamming in his new film Sonic Outlaws." By Jesse Lerner. [English w/German summary]
http://gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/~blimp/full_text/lerner/lerner.html
- Cacophony Society
A randomly gathered network of individuals united in the pursuit of experiences beyond the pale of mainstream society through subversion, pranks, art, fringe explorations and meaningless madness.
http://cacophony.org/
- Datablob
A community and exchange for nonsense, competing with the cheery, industrious capitalism of the world's other great commerce and community websites.
http://www.datablob.com/
- Derek Baker
Opinions, issues, and links.
http://www.derekbaker.net/culturejam.htm
- Detroit Project, The
Ads linking SUVs to national security, an Arianna Huffington project by Americans for Fuel Efficient Cars.
http://www.detroitproject.com/
- Enjoy the Sign
A funny, provocative movie about the filmmakers' obsession -- framed perversely as a series of TV commercials -- with a shining emblem of modern culture, The Sign.
http://www.enjoythesign.com/
- Feed the Mannequins
Movement to bring basic comforts to mannequins, who work in horrible conditions and have no power to change it.
http://www.angelfire.com/ego/feedmanneqs/
- Free Words Project
Book project by artist Sal Randolph. Free Words is a free and uncopyrighted book being given away in bookstores, libraries, galleries and other venues. Look for a free copy in New York bookstores, or download a pdf version from this site.
http://www.freewords.org/
- Hyper-Redundant-Mart
Specializes in 'consumable simulacra'. "Why buy the product, when you can buy the idea? Buy the hype."
http://www.trojanmedia.org/hypermart.html
- K-Band Communications
An opening onto the fraudulent reality; material ranges from global art-movement coverage to experimental fiction to corporate subversion.
http://www.kband.com
- M. T. Enterprises WorldWide
Internet art group with corporate front, promoting "artainment." [Requires frames]
http://mteww.com/
- Mark Dery's Pyrotechnic Insanitarium
Mark Dery popularized the term "culture jamming", and wrote a pamphlet titled "Culture Jamming: Hacking, Slashing and Sniping in the Empire of Signs"
http://www.levity.com/markdery/
- Mutual Fund from Hell, The
"Investing in the war on terror could be a winning proposition -- even if we lose." By Christopher Ketcham. [Salon]
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/11/axis_of_evil_fund/
- National Cynical Network, The
Negativland co-conspirators out of Silicon Valley who produce voicemail art as well as all manner of audio collage.
http://www.nationalcynical.com/
- Plagiarist.org
Internet art site comprised of strategically-modified internet content.
http://plagiarist.org/
- Reamweaver
Software to "funhouse-mirror" any website, copying the "look and feel" but changing any words or images you choose.
http://reamweaver.com/
- Robbie Conal's Art Attack
Political posters, guerilla postering guide and QuickTime movies.
http://www.robbieconal.com/
- Santarchy
Santas creating mayhem on the streets in December. Links, police reports, pictures and articles.
http://santarchy.com/
- Soy Bomb Nation
A global grassroots movement dedicated to reclaiming the media from the corporate cheesemongers.
http://www.hiphopmusic.com/soybomb.html
- Subvert
Art that inspires, provokes, and subverts the dominant corporate paradigm. Information on their music, stickers, and project.
http://subvert.us/
- Subvertise
Archive of subverts, political art, spoof banner ads and parody web sites.
http://www.subvertise.org
- The 'I amusingly altered a product's packaging' Page
Marker pens and paint are taken to various product names with humorous results.
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/2993/quikbrew.htm
- The Complacent Organization
Articles, event schedule, photographs, message boards and downloadable media.
http://www.complacent.org/
- The Yes Men
A genderless, loose-knit association of some 300 impostors worldwide who agree their way into the fortified compounds of commerce, ask questions, and then smuggle out the stories of the behind-the-scenes world of business.
http://theyesmen.org/
- Together We Can Defeat Capitalism
Undertakes public art and Internet projects to raise questions about early 21st Century capitalism.
http://www.twcdc.com/
- Urbanize.org
Guerilla street art. Featuring work by the "Midget Posse" and anonymous graffiti artists.
http://www.urbanize.org/
- Yuppie Takeover
Graphic art taken to the streets as a way of questioning the consumerist way of life. T-shirts, stickers, posters, propaganda.
http://www.yuppietakeover.com/
- ameriCON incorporated USA
Internet-based artists platform dedicated to the art of social critique.
http://www.lastminute-records.com/americon
- sfweekly.com: The Medium is the Message
"A new generation of Bay Area 'culture jammers' manipulates media manipulation" - by Sam Williams
http://www.sfweekly.com/extra/culturejam.html
- sniggle.net
Well-written introduction to culture jamming in its many forms, with pictures and many links.
http://www.sniggle.net/
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