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
hope people work
My hope is that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.
although issues life past pieces pleased seems work
I look at past work as completed, although I'm pleased that each of the pieces seems to have a life of its own and that the issues are still relevant.
building east fifty foot fun grotesque hung liberty placed poke statues street treasury village wall war workers
In 1969 I hung a Fifty Foot Brassiere on the US Treasury Building to poke fun at leering Wall Street workers and placed grotesque Statues of Liberty in Astor Place in the East Village as a war protest.
buried issues questions remain work
The issues of my performances vary, but most of the questions buried in the work remain the same.
calendar kinds looking media predict stories
Other times you can use a calendar to predict the kinds of stories the media is looking for.
god king oz universe wizard
King of the world wouldn't be enough. I'd have to be god of the universe (the Wizard of Oz would suffice).
adverse distract help original reporters seemingly
When something seemingly adverse happens, I use it as an opportunity. Controversies help to distract reporters from questioning the original premise.
definitely pulling together
We're pulling something together that you definitely don't want to miss. Be there.
appear project
To be successful, this project had to appear completely real.
nuclear plant political power provide
Celebrations of anniversaries of disasters, such as nuclear power plant meltdowns or political assassinations, provide opportunities, as do holidays.
pay pray stay
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.
aspect consciousness point revelation
Revelation is the most important aspect of the process. That's the point where consciousness can change.
artwork began bringing cross dragged easter figure lower park public sculpture square sunday
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.
news satire
Satire and believability are irresistible to the news media.