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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Technology and consciousness are evolutionary and co-dependant. Change is inevitable. Where it leads will always be a great curiosity.
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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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King of the world wouldn't be enough. I'd have to be god of the universe (the Wizard of Oz would suffice).
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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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We're pulling something together that you definitely don't want to miss. Be there.
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To be successful, this project had to appear completely real.
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Celebrations of anniversaries of disasters, such as nuclear power plant meltdowns or political assassinations, provide opportunities, as do holidays.
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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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My hope is that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.
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Revelation is the most important aspect of the process. That's the point where consciousness can change.
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So I began doing confrontational, iconoclastic performances, bringing my artwork into the public arena, like the Easter Sunday Crucifixion in 1966, which started when I dragged a 200-pound ten-foot-tall sculpture depicting a decayed figure on a cross into Tompkins Square Park on the Lower East Side.
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Satire and believability are irresistible to the news 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.
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So the fact that the media all jump on a story in a similar fashion is not surprising. The opposite, when a voice cuts through to say something different or original, is surprising.